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Benign tumours

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Growth of abnormal cells that are containes in one area, usually within a membrane and do not invade other tissues

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Cancer

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Common name dor a malignang tumour, formed as a result of changes in cells that lead to uncontrolled growth and division

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Carcinogens

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Agents that cause cancer or significally invreases the risk of developing cancer

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Casual machanism

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Something that explains how one factor influences another

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Correlation

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An apparent link or relationship between two factors

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Ionising radiation

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Has enough energy to cause ionisation in the materials it passes through, which in turn can make them bilogically active and may result in mutation and cancer

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Manlignant tumors

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Invade neightbouring tissues and spread to different parts of the body in the blood where they form secondary tumours. They are also known as cancers

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Tumour

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Mass of abnormally growing cells that forms when the cells do not respond to the normal mechanisms tht control growth and when control of the cell cycle is lost

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