Cancer

Question 1

What is cancer

Answer 1

A non-communicable disease caused by uncontrolled cell growth and division forming tumours

Question 2

What are the 2 types of tumours

Answer 2

Benign
Malignant

Question 3

What is Benign

-where … grow until the is l.. more …
-the tumour stays within … place
-isn’t too …
-… cancerous

Answer 3

-where tumours grow until the is no more room
-the tumour stays within one place
-isn’t too dangerous
-isn’t cancerous

Question 4

What is malignant

-where … grow and s… to nearby … tissue
-cells can … off and … in the … stream to other … of the …
-can invade health … and form … tumours
-are very … and can be f…
-are …

Answer 4

-where tumours grow and spread to nearby healthy tissue
-cells can break off and travel in the blood stream to other parts of the body
-can invade health tissue and form secondary tumours
-are very dangerous and can be fatal
-are cancerous

Question 5

What type of tumour is cancerous

Answer 5

Malignant

Question 6

Risk factors for cancer

S…
-can cause … cancer
-links to other … in the m…, b…, s… and c… cancer

O…
-linked to b…, l… and k… cancer

U… e…
-people who are … to UV … have a … chance of developing …
-this can be the s…, s… b… etc.

V… i…
-… with some viruses can … the chances of … cancer
—>eg infection with h… B & C increases the risk of l… cancer
—->spread through … sex or sharing …

Answer 6

Smoking
-can cause lung cancer
-links to other cancers in the mouth, bowel, stomach and cervical cancer

Obesity
-linked to bowel, liver and kidney cancer

UV exposure
-people who are exposed to UV radiation have a higher chance of developing cancer
-this can be the sun, sun beds etc.

Viral infection
-infection with some viruses can increase the chances of developing cancer
—>eg infection with hepatitis B & C increases the risk of liver cancer
—->spread through unprotected sex or sharing needles

Question 7

Can u inherit faulty genes that make you more susceptible to cancer

Answer 7

Yes