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Cancer is the _______ leading cause of death in the US - correct answer✔✔2nd
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Who can cancer affect? - correct answer✔✔any age, gender, ethnicity, geographic region
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What is cancer? - correct answer✔✔when normal cell is transformed into an abnormal cell by
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a genetic mutation of cellular DNA
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What is an oncogene? - correct answer✔✔Mutated genes that cause cancer
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Who can make oncogenes? - correct answer✔✔We all have the potential
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Normal cells can become cancer cells when exposed to? - correct answer✔✔carcinogens
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What is a carcinogen? - correct answer✔✔any agent that causes normal cells to mutate into
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cancer cells |||\\\
Cancers cells do not self _________. - correct answer✔✔destruct
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Types of Carcinogens - correct answer✔✔Ionizing radiation, chemicals, viruses, hormones,
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bacterial infections, diet, physical factors, hereditary predisposition
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Name 2 Ionizing Radiation carcinogens: - correct answer✔✔Xrays, UV light (sunlight)
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, Name 2 Chemical carcinogens: - correct answer✔✔smoking, asbestos (think jobs)
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Name a virus carcinogen: - correct answer✔✔HIV
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Name a bacterial infection carcinogen: - correct answer✔✔UTI
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When thinking about hormone carcinogens think about: - correct answer✔✔endocrine
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imbalances because they promote tumor growth |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Is cancer hereditary? - correct answer✔✔only one cancer is proven, breast. Genes are
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inherited and those genes may be more susceptible to carcinogens |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
What percent of cancers are related to the environment? - correct answer✔✔75
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What is the single most lethal carcinogen? - correct answer✔✔smoking
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What is the leading cause of all cancer deaths of men and women? - correct answer✔✔lung
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cancer
The process of carcinogenesis - correct answer✔✔Normal cell, DNA damage, Uncontrolled
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growth, malignant tumor |||\\\ |||\\\
If patient is immuno-compromised or repeatedly assaulted by carcinogens what will happen? -
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correct answer✔✔some damaged DNA cells will get through (won't be repaired by DNA
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repair) then cancer or oncogenes will be produced and make a tumor.
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If your tumor suppressor genes can't destroy a tumor what will happen? - correct
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answer✔✔cancer will develop |||\\\ |||\\\
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Cancer is the _______ leading cause of death in the US - correct answer✔✔2nd
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Who can cancer affect? - correct answer✔✔any age, gender, ethnicity, geographic region
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What is cancer? - correct answer✔✔when normal cell is transformed into an abnormal cell by
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a genetic mutation of cellular DNA
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What is an oncogene? - correct answer✔✔Mutated genes that cause cancer
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Who can make oncogenes? - correct answer✔✔We all have the potential
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Normal cells can become cancer cells when exposed to? - correct answer✔✔carcinogens
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What is a carcinogen? - correct answer✔✔any agent that causes normal cells to mutate into
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cancer cells |||\\\
Cancers cells do not self _________. - correct answer✔✔destruct
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Types of Carcinogens - correct answer✔✔Ionizing radiation, chemicals, viruses, hormones,
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bacterial infections, diet, physical factors, hereditary predisposition
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Name 2 Ionizing Radiation carcinogens: - correct answer✔✔Xrays, UV light (sunlight)
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, Name 2 Chemical carcinogens: - correct answer✔✔smoking, asbestos (think jobs)
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Name a virus carcinogen: - correct answer✔✔HIV
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Name a bacterial infection carcinogen: - correct answer✔✔UTI
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When thinking about hormone carcinogens think about: - correct answer✔✔endocrine
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imbalances because they promote tumor growth |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Is cancer hereditary? - correct answer✔✔only one cancer is proven, breast. Genes are
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inherited and those genes may be more susceptible to carcinogens |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
What percent of cancers are related to the environment? - correct answer✔✔75
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What is the single most lethal carcinogen? - correct answer✔✔smoking
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What is the leading cause of all cancer deaths of men and women? - correct answer✔✔lung
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cancer
The process of carcinogenesis - correct answer✔✔Normal cell, DNA damage, Uncontrolled
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growth, malignant tumor |||\\\ |||\\\
If patient is immuno-compromised or repeatedly assaulted by carcinogens what will happen? -
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correct answer✔✔some damaged DNA cells will get through (won't be repaired by DNA
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repair) then cancer or oncogenes will be produced and make a tumor.
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If your tumor suppressor genes can't destroy a tumor what will happen? - correct
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answer✔✔cancer will develop |||\\\ |||\\\
