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13.5: End-of-Chapter Material

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Key takeaways for this Chapter
  • Cancer starts with the change in one cell in the body.
  • Cancer cells do not like each other and break off from the other cells to spread throughout the body, called Metastasis.
  • A cancerous tumor is called malignant, a non-cancerous tumor is called benign.
  • Cancer is the 2nd leading cause of death.
  • Many cancers are asymptomatic.
  • The acronym CAUTION is helpful for remembering some common cancer symptoms.
  • Lifestyle choices can impact your risk of getting cancer.

Media Attributions

  • Diagram showing how cancer cells keep on reproducing to form a tumour © Cancer Research UK is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license
  • Diagram showing a tumour forcing its way through normal tissues © Cancer Research UK is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license
  • Tumor_Types_MTK © WolfpackBME is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license
  • How_metastasis_occurs_illustration © Unknown Illustrator is licensed under a Public Domain license
  • Cancer_warning_signs © Linda Bartlett (Photographer) is licensed under a Public Domain license
  • Melanoma_vs_normal_mole_ABCD_rule_NCI_Visuals_Online © Unknown creator; six images merged by User:Stevenfruitsmaak is licensed under a Public Domain license

This page titled 13.5: End-of-Chapter Material is shared under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Kelly Falcone.

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