Cancer Cells Flashcards
1
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Cancer
A
Unregulated cell division (overgrowth of cells)
2
Q
Checkpoints
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Cells die off if somethings wrong or stay at interphase for a little while longer
Interphase
- cell growth
- are there enough resources to keep going
- did the DNA replicate properly
Metaphase
- do the chromosomes line up properly
3
Q
Other behaviours
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Cancer cells don’t always attach well to things, moves from one to another part of the body.
Cancer cells attract blood vessels, making it so that nutrients go into the cancer cell rather than the healthy cells.
4
Q
Treatments
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Chemotherapy, stops overgrowth of cells.
Radiation does the same thing
