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What type of cancer would a female be pre-disposed to if she is diagnosed with Human Papiloma Virus (HPV)?

• cervical

• ovarian

• breast

• uterine

What is hyperplasia?

• cells are normal and have not begun rapid division

• cells are abnormal and divide rapidly during the latent phase

• pre-cancerous state, tumors or organs are enlarged due to rapid increase in production rate of cells

• cells appear normal

Who has the highest chance of getting cancer?

• 2 year old girl

• 2 year old boy

• 76 year old man

• 23 year old man

What are the ends of chomosomes called?

• telecasters

• telomeres

• telescopes

• telomase

What is a chemical or physical agent that interacts with DNA and causes a genetic alteration?

• mutagen

• oncogene

• tumor-suppresant gene

• proto-oncogene

Which DNA structure provides a set of instructions for a cell to make specific proteins?

• cell

• ribosome

• nucleus

• gene

Any substance that causes cancer by either damaging genes or disrupting metabolic processes

• pathogen

• carcinogen

• halogen

• mutagen

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

• invasive

• in situ

• hyperplasia

• dyplasia

chronic cough, blood tinged sputum and dyspnea are all sympotoms of which type of cancer?

• breast

• lung

• brain

• ovarian

What is melanoma?

• cancer of the blood

• cancer of pigmented celles

• cancer of lung cells

• cancer of brain cells