Genetics
Types
Risk Factors
Prevention and Treatment
Hodgepodge
100
The outward, physical, observable characteristic of a gene
What is a trait
100
Smoking causes most of this leading type of cancer
What is lung cancer
100
A substance or exposure capable of causing cancer
What is a carcinogen
100
Two ways to prevent HPV, a virus linked to cervical cancer, are
What is vaccinate/practice safe sex
100
Term for a group of more than 100 diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control
What is cancer
200
This gene normally tells a cell to stop going through mitosis
What is the tumor-suppressor gene
200
This type of cancer is most common in women
What is breast cancer
200
They are the two top leading causes of cancer
What is smoking and obesity
200
Only effects the parts of the body being treated
What is radiation
200
A virus has the ability to cause cancer by doing this to a cell
What is mutate
300
Having a rare form of cancer or having lots of family members with cancer are signs that the cancer is
What is inherited/genetic
300
This leading type of cancer is only found in males
What is prostate cancer
300
Buncombe county has high levels of this risk factor due to our mountainous landscapes
What is air pollution
300
This newer type drug can destroy cancer cells without harming regular healthy cells
What is targeted therapy
300
Studying the cell cycle has propelled the understanding of the mechanisms of cancer. What are the two main phases of the cell cycle?
What are interphase and mitosis
400
Learning that a breast cancer gene was located in Angelina Jolie's DNA she decided to undergo this, the removal of one or both breasts
What is a mastectomy
400
A rare form of eye cancer that is inherited
What is retinoblastoma
400
Staying out in the sun too long without protection, like sunscreen can give you this type of cancer. Tanning beds are a risk for this as well.
What is skin cancer
400
This deadly virus was used to shrink brain tumors in a clinical study
What is the polio virus
400
People with this body type are supposedly more prone to getting cancer simply because they have more dividing cells
What is tall
500
The result of the collaboration of scientists from multiple countries has enabled us to locate diseases on certain chromosomes
What is The Human Genome Project
500
You wont necessarily get cancer from inheriting a cancer gene but it does give you a
What is greater chance/head start/mutation
500
Examples of these common carcinogens are; the dye in toothpaste, talc in baby powder, and growth hormones in milk
What are household products
500
Actively dividing cells are killed by the use of this commonly used cancer treatment
What is chemotherapy
500
When cancer spreads to other parts of your body
What is metastasize
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