Cancer Flashcards

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What is cancet

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Uncontrolled cell division the cells don’t respond too messages of nearby cells and start to create layers called tumours
It’s abnormal cells

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Factors of cancer

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Alcohol 
Food
Home
Radiation
Sunlight
Tobacco
Work
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Alcohol

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Alcohol is toxic to the liver breast cancer colon cancer mouth larynx and esophagus
Drinking a lot can cause stop cells from repairing

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Food

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Being overweight
Preservatives additives mitrates phosphates
Saturated fat meat fat
Plant fat is good

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Home

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Chemicals in air freshener a
Radon
Carpet fibres paint thinners

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Radiation

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X-rays 
Cigar arts radon 
Can cause breast prostate and melanoma cancer 
Wavelength damage DNA 
To much radiation exposure
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Sunlight

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UV radiation damages genetic material and if too much is damaged is cause build up and can grow too many cells sunscreen helps control it
Tanning beds

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Tabacco

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Chewing tabacco
Vaporizers vaping
Kills your lungs
Lung cancer

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Work

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Stress
Chemicals where u work
Smoke firefighters
Construction workers have a high risk of skin cancer from all of the sunlight they are exposed to

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