Cancer types statistics and random facts definitions treatments and therapies all about cells
100
What is cervical
this type of cancer is seen in women who have been previoulsy diagnosed with HPV
100
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
100
What is hyperplasia
a pre-cancerous state where organs or tissue can be enlarged an there is an increased rate of cells being produced
100
What is gene therapy
a therapy used to treat Parkinson's Dx, Alzhiemer's, hemophelia and certain types of cancer
100
What is an allele
humans contain 2 copies of each gene, what are they called?
200
what is lung
a chronic cough and blood tinged sputum are symptoms of what type of cancer
200
What is smoking
this causes approximately 33% of all cancers
200
What is a carcinogen
any substants that is known to cause cancer or damage cells
200
What is prevention
this approach would effectively and noninvasively address many forms of cancer
200
What is gene
DNA structure that provides a set of intructions for a cell
300
what is melanoma
cancer of pigmented cells
300
What is older individuals
cancer would be highest for what population of people
300
What is telemeres
DNA segments at the end of chromosomes are called
300
What is a vaccine
Guadisil is a preventive measure to prevent HPV, what type of threatment or therapy is this considered?
300
What is cellular function
cancer associated mutations change
400
What is inherited genes
BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 genes are examples of what
400
What is President Nixon
the War on Cancer was declared by who
400
What is cytoplasm
a jelly like substance inside a cell
400
What is excision
this type of biopsy removes an entire lesion
400
What is cancer
when cell division is broken down what disease is taking place
500
What is lung
this type of cancer accounts for the highest number of deaths per year
500
What is a gene
biomedical research deals with what when studying the life cycle of a cell
500
What is cancer
a disease that occurs as the result of a genetic changes over a period of time
500
What is fine needle aspiration
using a very thin neele to remove tissue for examination, also called a cytology test
500
What is tumor-suppressant genes
in normal cellular processes, which genes inhibit cell division






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