cancer

Question 1

Cancer:

Answer 1

the result of changes in cells that lead to uncontrolled growth an division

Question 2

Lifestyle risk factors for cancer:

Answer 2

-smoking (lung, mouth, bowel, stomach and cervical cancer)

-obesity (bowel, liver and kidney cancer)
no exercise

-exposure to carcinogens

-UV light/radiation (skin cancer)

-alcohol

Question 3

Genetic risk factors for cancer:

Answer 3

you can inherit certain genes which increase the likelihood of getting cancer

Question 4

Benign tumours:

Answer 4

-caused by uncontrolled cell division

-growths of abnormal cells which are contained in one area usually within a membrane, they do not invade other parts of the body (other tissues)

-not cancerous

-grows until there is no more room

-if it causes pressure or damage to an organ it can be dangerous

Question 5

Malignant tumours:

Answer 5

-caused by uncontrolled cell divison

-malignant tumour cells are cancers, they invade neighbouring tissues and spread to different parts of the body via the blood (circulatory system) where they form secondary tumours
cancerous.

-the tumour may split up, resulting in cells being carried in the bloodstream or lymphatic system

-cancer cells divide more rapidly and have a longer life span in comparison to normal cells

Question 6

Metastasis:

Answer 6

the spreading of a disease (e.g. cancer) to other parts of the body by metastasis

Question 7

How has cancer survival in the UK changed?

Answer 7

cancer survival has doubled in the last 40 yrs in the UK

Question 8

How many people in their lifetime will develop some form of cancer?

Answer 8

more than1 in 3 people will develops some form of cancer during their lifetime

Question 9

What are the two types of skin cancer?

Answer 9

-melanoma
-non-melanoma

Question 10

Non-melanoma skin cancer:

Answer 10

Non-melanoma skin cancer:

Question 11

Melanoma skin cancer:

Answer 11

type of skin cancer that can spread to other organs in the body