A doctor who specializes in cancer treatments is called...
What is an oncologist.
100
The CDC blames which 4 behaviors on early deaths from chronic conditions?
What is
1. poor diet
2. no exercise
3. smoking
4. drinking
100
What is gestational diabetes?
What is diabetes during pregnancy. Typically goes away.
200
If a tumor is cancerous it is called a _________ tumor.
What is malignant.
200
Name one of the factors that cause mutation of the cell's DNA.
What is
1. carcinogen - common carcinogens include UV radiation, tar in cigarette smoke
2. oncogenes - genes that play a role in uncontrolled cell growth.
200
What is a disease in which the body's immune system creates antibiodies that destroys the person's own living cells.
What is an autoimmune disease
200
What chronic disease involves the tightening and thickening of bronchial tubes with inflammation and mucus restricting airflow?
What is asthma
300
What is a biopsy?
What is a surgical retrieval of cells followed by microscopic/biochemical analysis.
300
What is the ABCD warning signs of melanoma?
What is
A - asymmetry
B- border irregularity
C - color
D - Diameter
300
An autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system creates antibodies that destroy the pancreas's ability to make insulin.
What is Type 1 diabetes.
300
Chronic bronchitis is inflammation of which airway passage?
What is the bronchi or bronchial tubes
400
The process that involves the creation of new blood vessels to provide a tumor with blood flow is called...
What is angiogenesis.
400
After lung cancer, what cancer is the leading cause of death for women?
What is breast cancer
400
People with blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be considered diabetes is....
What is pre-diabetes
400
What does COPD stand for?
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
500
Name the 4 classes of cancerous tumors.
What is
1. Carcinoma
2. sarcoma
3. lymphoma
4. Leukemia
500
After lung cancer, what type of cancer is the leading cause of death for men?
What is prostate cancer.
500
What percentage of all diabetes does Type 2 account for?