Risk Factors 2

Question 1

What is the difference between an acquired mutation and an inherited mutation?

Answer 1

Acquired: earned throughout lifetime
Inherited: passed down genetically

Question 2

What is the advantage of having two chromosomes of each type?

Answer 2

If one chromosome is damaged there is another copy

Question 3

In what type of cells does a mutation have to be in to get passed onto offspring?

Answer 3

The reproductive cells (egg and sperm)

Question 4

What is meiosis? What is the end result of meiosis?

Answer 4

Cell division in sexual reproduction resulting in 4 cells with half the DNA of parent cells (gametes)

Question 5

Why do hereditary cancers tend to occur at a younger age?

Answer 5

Cells can’t

Question 6

Does having a family member with cancer automatically put someone at greater risk? What contributes to the strength of someone’s family history?

Answer 6

It could, however, stronger risks of cancer are associated with closer relation, similar types of cancer, age of diagnosis, and how many members get it

Question 7

What are social determinants of health? How does access to wealth affect cancer risk?

Answer 7

non-medical factors influencing health outcomes - richer you are the more likely you are to have access to healthcare and spot cancer early on