Cancer

Any substance that is known to cause cancer is called a

• carcinogen
• nicolyte
• pathogen
• retrovirus

An abnormal mass/group of cancer cells is called a

• tumor

• cyst

• lesion

• polyp

A diagnostic procedure that involves removing a tissue sample from a patient.

• biopsy
• lipotripsy
• pathogenesis
• oncology

What is cancer?

• The heart does not receive enough blood.
• Sudden disruption of blood flow to part of the brain.
• Blood filled weak spot.
• Uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Activities or choices that will affect your health.

• risk factors

• biogenetics

• healthy choices

• habits

Using drugs or medicines to destroy cancer cells.

• chemotherapy
• radiation therapy
• cancer surgery
• mitotic spindling

If someone in your family has had Cancer in the past you have what doctors call a:

• Predisposition

• Carcinogen

• Risk Factor

• Chemotherapy

Which type of tumor is being described:

Slow growing Not dangerous Does not spread

• Malignant

• Benign

Which type of tumor is being described below:

Spreads Dangerous Grows quickly

• Benign

• Malignant

If cancerous cells travel throughout your body, the cells have gone through a process known as:

• Metastisize

• Migration

• Flowing

• Locomotion