Cancer bio unregulated cell division

Question 1

What are the defining characteristics of a cancer cell

Answer 1

• Cell cycle is unregulated

- inability to self destruct by apoptosis

Question 2

Why do maligent tumors pose a significant health threat

Answer 2

contain cancer cells that metasize which invade new locations and form new tumors

Question 3

how can a beginin tumor pose a signifigant health threat

Answer 3

the cancer cell lacks mutation to detach from one another

Question 4

which tumor contain cells that can metasize

Answer 4

maligent tumors

Question 5

what are undesriable side affects of chemo

Answer 5

• hair loss
• nausea
• pain

Question 6

what are some side effects of anti hormone therapy in women? men?

Answer 6

the drugs deprive the cancer cell of there go signals

Question 7

how do anti cancer drugs affect our adult stem cells

Answer 7

they disrupt dna replication

Question 8

which treatments induce apoptosis in cancer cells

Answer 8

radiation therapy

Question 9

how does radiation therapy effect the cells

Answer 9

induces multiple mutations in in the cancer cell genome

Question 10

vaccination prevents which cancer caused by HPV

Answer 10

Cervical cancer