Cancer Flashcards

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Benign

A

Tumour grows until no more room

Stays in one place

Not cancerous

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Malignant

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Tumour grows and spreads to neighbouring healthy tissues

Cells can break off and spreads to other parts of the body by travelling in the blood stream

Cancerous

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Risk factors causing cancer

A

Smoking

Obesity

UV exposure

Viral infection

Or genetics

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