Exam 18: Cancer: Uncontrolled Cell Division and Differentiation

The dietary carcinogen aflatoxin can be found in

When a cancer remains in one location, it is referred to as

Using the ABCD rule for diagnosing a melanoma associated with the skin, the "D" refers to

Diet, including what is and what is not consumed, is believed to play a major role in determining whether or not an individual develops cancer.

In order for a cancer to develop, cells must be capable of breaking away from neighboring cells, and they must ignore growth-inhibitory signals from other cells, resulting in uncontrolled growth and cell division.

Consider an individual undergoing cancer chemotherapy, taking a drug that slows or stops cell division. Which one of the following is a likely side effect of such chemotherapy?

Tobacco is a carcinogen that has NOT been linked to the induction of cancer in which one of the following?

If an entire tumor remains localized, it is said to be a(n) ________ cancer.

Techniques used to increase the effectiveness of the immune system in fighting cancer are collectively known as ________.

-Which one of the following is shown in the figure above?

Unlike traditional vaccines, cancer vaccines are administered to an individual after he or she has developed the illness.

The process by which cells of a tumor invade normal tissue and travel via blood or lymph vessels to other parts of the body is ________.

The chance that an individual in the United States will experience some form of cancer in his or her lifetime is

A mass of rapidly dividing cells that have potentially lost the ability to regulate cell division is called a

An X-ray of breast tissue used in the diagnosis of breast cancer is a(n) ________.

Mutated forms of the ________ gene (a tumor suppressor gene) are associated with cancers of the cervix, colon, skin, bladder, and breast.