Cancer incidence, morality, prevention & screening

Question 1

How are cancers caused?

Answer 1

By changes to DNA

Question 2

How is a benign cancer identified

Answer 2

often encapsulated
well differentiated
low mitotic rate
non-invasive
non-metastasising

Question 3

How is a malignant cancer identified?

Answer 3

non encapsulated
poorly differentiated
high mitotic rate
invasive
metastasising

Question 4

What is the most common type of cancer?

Answer 4

Epithelial

Question 5

Is cancer survival higher in men or women?

Answer 5

Women

Question 6

What can cause DNA damages?

Answer 6

inherited predisposition
chemical agents
radiation
infections
inflammation
chance

Question 7

What % of cancer deaths are linked to smoking?

Answer 7

30-40%

Question 8

What % of cancers are caused by viruses?

Answer 8

10-15%

Question 9

which cancer type is diagnosed most frequently in male teenagers and young adults (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer)

Answer 9

testicular cancer and germ cell tumours

Question 10

which cancer type is diagnosed most frequently in men over 50 (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer)

Answer 10

prostate

Question 11

excluding skin cancer which cancer is most frequently diagnosed in women over the age of 25 in the UK?

Answer 11

breast cancer

Question 12

more cancers are diagnosed in which global area?

Answer 12

asia

Question 13

what are the majority of human cancers caused by?

Answer 13

DNA mutation

Question 14

Which virus is associated with lymphoma?

Answer 14

Epstein Barr virus

Question 15

Which screening technique does a mammogram involve?

Answer 15

X-ray

Question 16

What is an epithelial cancer called?

Answer 16

Carcinoma