Cancer

A mass of rapidly growing cells.

• tumor

• cyst

• lesion

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A substance capable of causing cancer in living tissue

• carcinogen

• nicolyte

• pathogen

• retrovirus

Metastasis is

• the spread of malignant tumor cells from the site of the primary tumor through blood or lymph vessels.

• the growth of tumors in the lungs

• cancer of the blood cells

• cancer that is found in connective tissues

A drug treatment that uses powerful chemicals to kill fast-growing cells in your body

• chemotherapy

• radiation therapy

• cancer surgery

What is cancer?

• A disease caused by an overgrowth of abnormal cells with the capacity to spread to other parts of the body.

• A sudden disruption of blood flow to part of the brain.

• A blood filled weak spot.

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What is a term for programmed cell death?

• apoptosis
• necrosis
• cell death
• doom

What is p53?

• a carcinogen

• A type of cancer treatment

• a tumor suppressor gene that regulates the cell cycle

A type of cancer treatment that uses beams of intense energy to kill cancer cells.

• chemotherapy

• radiation therapy

• cancer surgery

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A tumor that is capable of spreading to surrounding tissues and organs.

• Benign tumor

• Malignant tumor

• Metastatic tumor

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The spread of malignant tumor cells from the site of the primary tumor through blood or lymph vessels.

• Metastasis

• Oncology

• Carcinogen