Cancer Development
Cancer is unique among major diseases because it begins when this normal biological process goes wrong.
What is cell division?
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month is recognized in this month.
What is January?
This behavior is the leading preventable cause of cancer worldwide.
What is tobacco use?
What treatment uses drugs to kill cancer cells?
What is chemotherapy?
This term describes the spread of cancer from its original site to other parts of the body.
What is metastasis?
Most cervical cancer cases are linked to long-term infection with this common virus.
What is HPV?
This term describes substances or exposures that increase cancer risk.
What are carcinogens?
What therapy uses high‑energy rays to destroy cancer cells?
What is radiation therapy?
What system in the body can cancer use to travel besides the bloodstream.
What is the lymphatic system?
This screening test can detect cervical cell changes before cancer develops.
What is a Pap smear?
What imaging method is commonly used to detect tumors?
What is an MRI or CT scan?
What is the term for treatments that help the immune system fight cancer?
What is immunotherapy?
This explains why cancer is not inherited in most cases, even though it involves genetic changes.
What are somatic mutations?
This prevention tool is most effective when given to preteens, but it is still beneficial later.
What is the HPV vaccine?
What type of test examines tissue under a microscope to confirm cancer?
What is a biopsy?
What advanced cancer treatment uses a patient’s own genetically engineered T‑cells to recognize and destroy cancer cells, and has shown major success in certain blood cancers?
What is CAR-T cell therapy?
Which hallmark of cancer describes a tumor’s ability to create its own blood supply, enabling continued growth beyond normal nutrient limits?
What is angiogenesis?
Which country was one of the first to implement a nationwide, school‑based HPV vaccination program and now reports vaccination rates high enough to project cervical cancer elimination within decades?
What is the United Kingdom?
This prevention strategy aims to stop cancer before it starts by reducing exposure to known risk factors.
What is primary prevention?
What therapy blocks blood vessel growth that supports tumors?
What are angiogenesis inhibitors?