Cancer Processes Flashcards
1
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Cancer cells travel through body in lymph and blood vessels
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Metastasis
2
Q
Causes of cancer cell mutations
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Carcinogens
Red meat - HCAs from protein and creatine
3
Q
When cells go bad
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Initiation
4
Q
Tumour caused by hormones
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Promotion
5
Q
Normal cells are eliminated
Cancer cells multiply unregulated
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Apoptose
6
Q
Phase 1 - Cells reproduce too much
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Hyperplasia
7
Q
Cells not yet cancerous but change shape
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Dysplasia
8
Q
Cancer is present
Tumour has not yet broken through
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Carcinoma
9
Q
Terminal stage
Cancer spreads into blood vessels and lymph
New tumours may establish throughout the body
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Invasive
10
Q
Non cancerous, non spreading
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Benign
11
Q
Cancerous and spreading
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Malignant
12
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What is cancer?
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Abnormal, uncontrolled cellular growth
