Cancer Flashcards
1
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Tumour
A
A mass of cells that continue to grow and divide without any obvious function in the body
2
Q
Benign tumour
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A tumour that does not affect surrounding tissue other than by physically crowding them
3
Q
Malignant tumour
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A tumour that interferes with the functioning of surrounding cells; a cancerous tumour
4
Q
Metastasis
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The process of cancers cells breaking away from the original (primary) tumour and establishing another (secondary) tumour elsewhere in the body
5
Q
Cancer
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A broad group of diseases that rest in uncontrolled cell division
6
Q
Mutation
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A random change in the DNA
7
Q
Carcinogen
A
Any environmental factor that causes cancer
