Risk Factors &
Cancer Basics
Cancer Basics
This type of factor increases your chance of cancer but does not guarantee it.
What is a risk factor?
This imaging uses magnets and radio waves to view soft tissues.
What is an MRI?
CancerSEEK is classified as this type of test.
What is a liquid biopsy?
This molecule indicates gene expression levels.
What is mRNA?
Cancer cells often have this nucleus characteristic.
What is a large nucleus?
This is an example of a non-modifiable cancer risk factor.
What is family history?
This imaging method uses ionizing radiation and is best for bones.
What is an X-ray?
CancerSEEK detects cancer using these two components.
What are circulating tumor DNA and protein markers?
A red spot on a microarray means this.
What is higher gene expression in cancer cells?
Cancer cells lose this behavior, causing them to pile up.
What is contact inhibition?
Cancer forms when this process becomes uncontrolled due to mutations.
What is the cell cycle (cell division)?
This imaging method is safest for pregnancy because it uses sound waves.
What is ultrasound?
CancerSEEK screens for this number of common cancers at once.
What is 8 types of cancer?
A green spot on a microarray means this.
What is lower gene expression in cancer cells?
Disorganized, uneven cells under a microscope most likely indicate this.
What is cancerous tissue?
These genes normally stop cell division or repair damage.
What are tumor suppressor genes?
This imaging should NOT be used for patients with metal implants or pacemakers.
What is MRI?
The main goal of CancerSEEK is to detect cancer at this stage.
What is early/localized stage?
A yellow spot indicates this.
What is equal expression in both healthy and cancer cells?
Rapid, uncontrolled cell division is a key sign of this.
What is cancer?
Why is early cancer detection critical for survival rates?
What is cancers are easier to treat before they spread (metastasize)?
About this many chest X-rays equal the radiation from one CT scan.
What is approximately 500 chest X-rays?
Early detection improves outcomes because cancer has not yet done this.
What is metastasized (spread)?
Scientists use UV light in microarrays, so they must wear this.
What are safety goggles?
In a tissue sample, overlapping, fast-dividing cells suggest this conclusion.
What is the tissue is likely cancerous?