Cancer Biology

What is Apoptosis?

• Cell programmed Death

• Inflammation of cell

• Phagocytosis

• Plasmolysis

Any substance that is known to cause cancer is called a

• carcinogen
• nicolyte
• pathogen
• retrovirus

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

Using drugs or medicines to destroy cancer cells.

• chemotherapy
• radiation therapy
• cancer surgery
• mitotic spindling

Cancer of the body's blood-forming tissues.

• leukemia
• carcinoma
• sarcoma
• lymphoma

Which type of tumor is being described:

Slow growing Not dangerous Does not spread

• Malignant

• Benign

What is a mutation?

• A mistake in DNA which can lead to cancer

• A complete copy of DNA

• A change in DNA which doesn't cause an issue

• A mistake in your body that is caught and removed

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These are examples of:

• chemicals in cigarette smoke
• radiation
• nitrates in processed foods
• artificial sweeter
• Heavy metals such as mercury and lead

• Carcinogens

• Predispositions

• Mutations

• Tumors

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Which is not a hallmark of Cancer?

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

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During which phase of tumor development is the mass considered malignant?

• dysplasia

• hyperplasia

• in situ

• invasive