Diagnosis
What does the word diagnosis mean?
The Identification of an Illness after examinations of the Symptoms
This substance in tobacco smoke greatly increases a person’s risk for lung cancer.
What is nicotine?
What is a gene?
A segment of DNA that contains instructions for making a protein
What is cancer?
A disease where cells grow and divide uncontrollably.
Tumors can infect any part of the body
TRUE. No part of the body is safe from forming a tumor.
Who usually makes a medical diagnosis?
Doctor or Health Care Physician.
Being exposed to this type of radiation from the sun without protection can increase your risk for skin cancer.
What is ultraviolet (UV) radiation?
Where are genes found?
On chromosomes inside the nucleus of cells.
What is one common cause or risk factor for cancer?
UV radiation, smoking, or genetic mutations.
Why can tumors be harmful to the body?
They can crowd out or damage healthy tissues.
What might a doctor use to help make a diagnosis
Scans, Tests, Lab Results
Being inactive and not getting enough of this can raise the risk for several types of cancer.
What is Exercise
How are genes passed from parents to offspring?
Sexual Reproduction.
True or False: Once cancer can infect every part of the body
True. This is a process called Metastasis
How might a doctor find a tumor?
With an imaging test like an X-ray or MRI.
Why is an early diagnosis of cancer important?
It can help start treatment sooner and improve chances of recovery.
People with a strong family history of this disease may have a higher genetic risk of developing it themselves.
What is Cancer
How do genes relate to traits like eye color or height?
They contain the information that determines those traits
What are two common treatments for cancer?
Chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
What is a tumor?
A lump or mass of extra cells that divide too much.
What is one example of a tool or test used in a diagnosis of cancer?
MRI, biopsy, or blood test
Name 5 of the risk factors that we looked at on Monday.
Smoking
Secondhand Smoke
Exposure to chemicals
UV exposure
Drinking in excess
Radiation (Nuclear)
and Many more!
What can happen if a gene becomes damaged or changes?
A mutation can occur.
What type of cell division goes wrong in cancer?
Mitosis
What is the difference between a benign and malignant tumor?
Benign doesn’t spread; malignant can spread and cause cancer.