Cancer types | statistics and random facts | definitions | treatments and therapies | all about cells |
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What is cervical
this type of cancer is seen in women who have been previoulsy diagnosed with HPV
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What is 25 or 1/2
In a population of 50 men, how many are likely to develop some sort of cancer in their lifetime
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What is hyperplasia
a pre-cancerous state where organs or tissue can be enlarged an there is an increased rate of cells being produced
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What is gene therapy
a therapy used to treat Parkinson's Dx, Alzhiemer's, hemophelia and certain types of cancer
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What is an allele
humans contain 2 copies of each gene, what are they called?
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what is lung
a chronic cough and blood tinged sputum are symptoms of what type of cancer
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What is smoking
this causes approximately 33% of all cancers
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What is a carcinogen
any substants that is known to cause cancer or damage cells
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What is prevention
this approach would effectively and noninvasively address many forms of cancer
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What is gene
DNA structure that provides a set of intructions for a cell
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what is melanoma
cancer of pigmented cells
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What is older individuals
cancer would be highest for what population of people
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What is telemeres
DNA segments at the end of chromosomes are called
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What is a vaccine
Guadisil is a preventive measure to prevent HPV, what type of threatment or therapy is this considered?
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What is cellular function
cancer associated mutations change
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What is inherited genes
BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 genes are examples of what
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What is President Nixon
the War on Cancer was declared by who
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What is cytoplasm
a jelly like substance inside a cell
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What is excision
this type of biopsy removes an entire lesion
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What is cancer
when cell division is broken down what disease is taking place
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What is lung
this type of cancer accounts for the highest number of deaths per year
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What is a gene
biomedical research deals with what when studying the life cycle of a cell
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What is cancer
a disease that occurs as the result of a genetic changes over a period of time
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What is fine needle aspiration
using a very thin neele to remove tissue for examination, also called a cytology test
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What is tumor-suppressant genes
in normal cellular processes, which genes inhibit cell division
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