Types of Cancer
what cancer is least treatable?
Lung Cancer
Cancer can result from what?
dammage to genes.
What is a con of Chemo Therapy?
Answers will vary
Eg. - Fatigue, Pain, Nausea and vomiting, Loss of hair, etc.
How many stages of cancer are there?
Four stages
What are tumor surpressors?
a gene that regulates a cell during cell division and replication.
What cancer is most treatable?
Skin (basal and squamos cell)
List causes of Cancer.
radioactive substances, x-rays, ultraviolet radiation, and certain chemicals, etc.
Answers can vary.
What is a pro of Radiation?
it may help to control the growth of the cancer.
What is the most painful stage of cancer?
People with stage IV cancer have the highest degree of cancer pain.
What are tumor oncogenes?
a mutated gene that has the potential to cause cancer.
What is the most common cancer?
Skin Cancer (basal and squamos)
How does Cancer start/spread?
When cells divide uncontrollably.
How do sugeons surgically get rid of a tumor?
A surgeon usually extracts the tumor and some of the healthy tissue near it, out of the body.
Does the cancer spead in stage 1?
No
DNA is replicated during what phase of the cell cycle?
S phase
What is the least common cancer?
Skin (Melanoma)
What is a mutagen?
An agent that causes genetic mutation.
What is the difference between Hormone therapy vs chemo theraphy?
Hormone - the use of synthetic hormones or drugs to disrupt the action of the body's natural hormones.
Chemo - uses powerful chemicals to kill fast-growing cells in your body.
True of False: In stage III cancer is surrounding the tissue.
True
What are the roles of checkpoints in cancer?
help keep immune responses from being too strong and sometimes can keep T cells from killing cancer cells
How many estimated cases of Colon Cancer?
100,000
Define Benign and Malignant?
Benign: a condition, tumor, or growth that is not cancerous
Malignant:grow uncontrollably and spread locally and/or to distant sites; cancerous.
List and define three treatements.
Surgery: An operation where doctors cut out tissue with cancer cells.
Chemotherapy: Special medicines that shrink or kill cancer cells.
Radiation therapy: Using high-energy rays to kill cancer cells.
Hormone therapy: Blocks cancer cells from getting the hormones they need to grow.
How are the stages of cancer determined?
physical exams, imaging tests (x-rays, CT scans, etc.), endoscopy exams, and any biopsies that are done before treatment starts
What are the 3 checkpoints?
the G1/S checkpoint, the G2/M checkpoint, and the S-phase checkpoint.