Exam 22: Genes and Disease: Cancer

Sarcomas are cancers of the ____. ​

A(n)____________________ growth is potentially harmful. ​

Which technique can be used to detect mutated genes? ​

It is thought that half or more cancers have a mutated or missing ____. ​

Nearly everyone has benign tumors in their ____. ​

____________________ is an overgrowth of cells in a tissue. ​

A sigmoidoscopy is used to screen for ____________________. ​

Cancers of nerve tissues in the brain are called ____. ​

Cancerous growths appear to grow faster than the tissues around them because ____. ​

The presence of which chemical in the blood can indicate that cancer exists somewhere in the body? ​

The transformation of a normal cell into a cancer cell is ____________________. ​

Benign tumors can be life-threatening when the form in which tissue? ​

Which gene is associated with a predisposition to breast cancer? ​

Exposure to chromium and ether is linked to ____. ​

Which cancer-causing agent inserts foreign DNA into cells making them cancerous? ​

Adjuvant therapy combines ____. ​

The radiation used in radiation therapy comes from ____________________. ​

Which of the following is NOT one of the major treatments for cancer? ​

A mutation occurring in which cell type can be passed from parent to offspring? ​

An abnormal change in the sizes, shapes, and organization of cells is ____. ​