Chronic Disease Unit

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

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.

Activities or choices that will affect your health.

• risk factors

• biogenetics

• healthy choices

• habits

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

Anything that can cause mutations or turn on cancer genes.

Examples: smoking, radiation, chemicals, poor diet

• Risk Factors

• Mutations

• Tumors

• Predispositions

how does cancer spread through the body

• We don't know

• breaking away from tumors

• it cant spread

• it takes control of blood cells

What is is called when a tumor proves to be cancerous?

• malignant

• benign

• oncogene

• byogene

Cancers are diseases in which cells

• adhere to each other

• fail to differentiate

• grow elongated

• divide uncontrollably