Cancer

Which is not a hallmark of Cancer?

• Resisting cell death
• Inducing angiogenesis
• Inhibiting growth promoters
• Enabling immortality

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Resisting Cell Death hallmark is best described when ...

• When the cell blocks apoptosis
• When the cell evades the signal
• When cells grow rapidly
• When cells evade suppressor proteins

In order for a tumor to be cancerous to must ...

• Be benign
• Be malignant and metastasize
• Be malignant and not metastasize
• Be benign and spread to parts of the body

Cancer is best and fully described by ...

• Uncontrolled cell growth
• Cells which grow abnormally and no longer function correctly
• Cells which have lost the ability to reproduce
• Cells which create abnormal tissues

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An abnormal mass of cancer cells is called a 

• tumor
• cyst
• lesion
• polyp

Metastasis is

• the spread of cancer from one part of the body to another.
• the growth of tumors in the lungs
• cancer of the blood cells
• cancer that is found in connective tissues

Cancer tumors result from

• rapid cell division
• rapid DNA replication
• slow cell division
• long interphase

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Which of the following is NOT a way to prevent cancer?

• Avoid smoking
• Avoid alcohol
• Avoid exercise
• Avoid carcinogens

Cancer is

• a premature stop in the cell cycle.
• uncontrolled mitosis.
• programmed cell death.

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Why did Dr. Folkman experiment with Thalidomide?

• it helps with morning sickness

• it inhibited angiogenesis

• it promoted angiogenesis

• it causes birth defects