Interactions Between Diseases - Preventing, Treating And Curinf Disease

Question 1

What is cancer caused by?

Answer 1

Uncontrolled cell growth and division
Results in tumor

Question 2

What is a benign and malignant tumor?

Answer 2

Benign - masses of abnormal cells, stay on one place, don’t invade other parts of body and not dangerous or cancerous
Malignant- spreads to other parts of body, can break off and travel down blood stream, get into health tissues and form secondary tumors, dangerous and can be fatal - cancers