General Cancer
What causes cancer?
A mutation in a persons DNA
Populations closer or farther from the equator have darker skin?
Populations closer to the equator
Which gender is breast cancer more commonly found in?
Females
What are the two main types of lung cancer
Small cell and non-small cell
Name one of the factors that can cause cancer
Inherited gene mutation, smoking, alcohol, radiation, viruses
What type of skin cancer is the most dangerous?
Melanoma
What are the two types of breast cancer?
Invasive and non-invasive
What is the leading cause of lung cancer
Smoking
What is the most common type of cancer?
Breast cancer
What type of bases form a dimer as a result of uv radiation?
Thymine bases (create thymine dimers)
Which genes are strongly linked to causing breast cancer when they have a mutation?
BRCA1 and BRCA2
Name a symptom of lung cancer
Chest pain, coughing up blood, wheezing, shortness of breath, a persistent cough