Cancer

2. mutations that change the ____ of cell growth and cell division can lead to cancer.
3. This is the oldest form of cancer treatment. The tumor is physically removed.
7. ____ is the spread of cancer cells beyond their original site. This is dangerous.
8. DNA Polymerase is very accurate. DNA polymerase proofreads the DNA as it's making a new strand and only makes one error per ____ paired nucleotides.
12. This cancer treatment boosts your immune system to fight cancer.
17. Because chemo kills fast-growing cells, it can kill hair follicle cells and cells in your digestive tract. This causes side ____, such as hair loss and vomiting.
18. This cancer treatment kills cancer cells by damaging their DNA. The DNA gets so messed up that the cells can't read the instructions (DNA) and they die.
19. This cancer treatment uses chemicals to kill fast-growing cells in your body. Unfortunately, it kills fast-growing cells, whether they're cancer cells or normal cells.
20. The degree of metastasis determines the ____ of cancer. The more the cancer has spread, the higher the stage and the more deadly it is.
21. Daniel Ament is a teenager that had a double lung ____ because his lungs were injured by vaping. The rest of his life he will have to take immunosuppressants, which will weaken his immune system so that it doesn't attack the transplanted lung.

1. _____ can cause cancer. These are not alive. An example is HPV, which causes cervical cancer.
4. UV ____ can cause cancer, so it is an example of a carcinogen.
5. The formation of new blood vessels is known as ____. Cancers send out signals to grow new blood vessels because cancers are "selfish" and want more nutrients.
6. In a ____ tumor, uncontrolled cells may invade and destroy healthy tissues elsewhere in the body. These are cancerous tumors and they are dangerous.
9. quality control ____ monitor the cell cycle. They check for DNA damage and stop the cell cycle if something goes wrong.
10. Radiation treatment for one cancer can raise the ____ for developing a different cancer later. This is because radiation can mess up the DNA in healthy cells, causing them to turn cancerous.
11. In a ____ tumor, the cells remain within a mass. This poses no threat to life and can be removed with surgery.
13. A substance or radiation that can cause mutations.
14. The chemicals in ____ smoke are an example of a carcinogen
15. Chemo can be given intravenously (through an IV), or through a ___.
16. a disease of uncontrolled cell division that kills organisms by crowding out and starving normal cells
22. An abnormal proliferation of cells that results from uncontrolled cell division. These can be benign or malignant.