Cancer
A disease that has genetic changes over time.
What is cancer?
A form of a gene that contains two copies of each gene.
What is an allele?
The amount of people diagnosed with cancer each year per 100,000 people.
What is an incidence rate?
A noncancerous tumor.
What is benign?
Cells that grow faster than normal cells.
What is a cancer cell?
The jelly like substance inside a cell.
What is a cytoplasm?
A type of cancer treatment that uses beams of intense energy to kill cancer cells.
What is radiation therapy?
Cancer that has spread from one location to another.
What is Metastatic?
Cancer that has not spread to other tissues.
What is 'in situ' cancer?
One of the causes for uncontrolled cell division.
What is the mutation of genes?
One of the main treatments for cancer. It uses powerful chemicals to kill fast growing cells in your body.
What is Chemotherapy?
A tumor that does not invade nearby tissue or spread to other parts of the body
What is a benign tumor?
An enlargement due to the increased reproduction rate of cells during the initial stage of cancer.
What is Hyperplasia?
BRCA 1 and BRCA 2
What are examples of inherited predispositions?
A chemical or physical agent that interacts with DNA and causes a genetic altercation.
What is a mutagen?
DNA segments at the end of chromosomes that play a part in cell age.
What are Telomeres?
HPV predisposes a female to _______ cancer.
What is cervical?
A treatment for cystic fibrosis, ALS, and certain types of cancer.
What is gene therapy?
The phase of tumor development when the mass is considered malignant.
What is invasive caner?
A vaccine that may protect some forms of HPV in males and females.
What is a Gardasil vaccine?