Cancer Flashcards

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What happens when the cell cycle doesn’t work?

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Cells will uncontrollably divide
This causes tumours

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Why do some cells ignore signals to stop the cell cycle?

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Because of a mutation in the cell

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Why do some cells ignore signals to stop the cell cycle?

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Because of a mutation in the cell

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What is a mutation?

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A change in the hereditary information carried in a cell’s DNA

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2 types of tumours

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Benign & Malignant

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Benign Tumour

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Does not spread to other parts of the body; happens at a moderate pace & does not destroy surrounding cells

Not necessarily cancerous

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Malignant Tumour

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Can spread to other parts of the body; happens at a quick pace & destroys surrounding cells

Malignant tumours are cancerous

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Cancer?

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Cells with abnormal genetic material that are dividing uncontrollably and can spread to other parts of the body

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How do we find cancer ?

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Medical scanning technologies

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Medical scanning technologies

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CT SCAN, MRIs , X-RAYS, Blood testing

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How do we treat cancer ?

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Chemotherapy
Radiation
Surgery

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Chemotherapy

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powerful drugs to kill cancerous cells

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Radiation

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Beams or radiation are targeted at tumours

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Surgery

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used to remove parts or whole tumour

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