cancer Flashcards

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benign tumour

A

not cancerous

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malignant tumour

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cancerous

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3
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metastis

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when malignant cancer cells break away from the primary tumour and travels to another part of the body via the bloodstream starting a secondary tumour

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4
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carcinogens

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environmental factors that can mutate DNA and increase risk of cancer

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