| What is Cancer? | Tumor | Benign | Malignant | Carcinogen and Biopsy |
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What is Cancer?
Cancer is a disease in which cells divide uncontrollably and destroy body tissue.
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What is a Tumor?
A mass of tissue that's formed by an accumulation of abnormal cells.
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What is Benign?
Benign is a non cancerous disease that causes growths in your body.
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What is Malignant?
Cells can divide uncontrollably and produce virtually immortal daughter cells.
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Is Cancer contagious?
No.
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How many different types of cancer are there?
There are 100 different types of cancer.
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What causes tumors?
Dead cells endure and form a growth known as a tumor.
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Does Benign spread to different parts of your body like cancerous tumors do?
No.
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Does Malignant tumor cells penetrate and destroy adjacent tissue?
Yes.
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Is Biopsy painful?
You feel a slight prick from a needle.
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What are 2 types of cancer?
Breast cancer, lung cancer, mouth cancer, prostate cancer, Leukemia, etc.
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What is one symptom of a tumor?
Headache, Seizures, convulsions, vomiting, nausea, fatigue, and drowsiness.
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True or False: Benign is a type of tumor.
True.
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Can Malignant tumor cells travel through circulation to different parts of the body and cause new tumors?
Yes.
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What is Biopsy?
An examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease.
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What are some symptoms of cancer?
Abnormal bumps, unexplained fevers, night sweats, or unintentional weight loss.
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What are some types of tumors explained in our slides?
Malignant, Benign.
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True or False: Benign can cause growths in your body.
True.
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True or False: Malignant tumors can cause pain.
True.
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What happens when you allow Carcinogens to accumulate in your body for a long period of time?
Your cells will become damaged, resulting in the growth of cancer cells.
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What is Leukemia?
Leukemia is blood cancer.
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True or false: Benign growths extremely uncommon.
False.
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True or False: Benign growths spread to different parts of your body.
False.
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True or False: Malignant tumors rarely has symptoms
True.
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What are Carcinogens?
Carcinogens are chemical, physical, biological, or any substances that are agents in causing cancer.
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