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Flashcards in Cancer Deck (15)
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Cancer spreads or another part of the body

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Metastasis

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Cancer causing gene

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Oncogene

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How is cancer formed?

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Damaged DNA; cells divide uncontrollably

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How does cancer spread?

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Travels through bloodstream and lymph vessels

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How can DNA be damaged?

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Outside environment (carcinogens)

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Signal that can be seen by someone else

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Sign

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Signal that can be felt and noticed by the person who has it

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Symptom

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Fluid that flows our from capillary walls or bathe cells in tissues of the body

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Lymph

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Cancer that starts in lymph nodes

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Lymphoma

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A tumor that is not cancerous

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Benign

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How is the type of cancer named?

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Where the cancer started

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Is cancer contagious?

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No

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Do females or males have a higher risk of cancer?

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Males

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The removal of tissue that is sent to research

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Biopsy

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What is one major cost of cancer?

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Treatment costs lots of money