Mutations Vocab Flashcards
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Cancer
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Cancer is a disease in which cells grow and divide uncontrollably damaging the baby around them.
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Tumor
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A tumor is a mass of abnormal cells that develops when cells divide and grow uncontrollably.
3
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Radiation
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Radiation treatment uses beams of high energy waves to distort the fast growing cancer cells.
4
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Chemotherapy
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Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to treat a disease. The drug can kill cancer cells or slow their growth.
5
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Mutation
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A mutation is any change in the DNA of a gene or chromosome.
