Cancer Academic Notes | Western Sydney University - Edubirdie

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MEDI 2003 | Clinical Sciences 2
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2024
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Mariam A. A.

Cancer ✓ Cancer is a disease of the body’s cells. ✓ Cells normally grow and multiply in a controlled way but if something causes a mutation to occur in the cells’ DNA (or mitochondria) this control can be lost. ✓ Cancer or tumour is the term used to describe the collections of these cells growing and potentially spreading within the body. Examples of cancers include breast cancer and lung cancer. Breast cancer is the abnormal growth of the cells lining the breast lobules or ducts. The main risk factor for breast cancer is a strong family history of the disease. Lung cancer is a malignant tumour starting in the tissue of one or both lungs; tobacco smoking causes the majority of lung cancers Cancer diseases Table Example Breast cancer Cause ✓ Being female. ✓ Increasing age. ✓ A personal history of breast conditions. ✓ A personal history of breast cancer. ✓ A family history of breast cancer. ✓ Inherited genes that increase cancer risk. ✓ Radiation exposure. ✓ Obesity. ✓ Breast cancer develops when there are mutations in genes due to carcinogen exposure leading to DNA damage -> abnormal cell -> cell multiply-> cancer Effect Sometimes breast cancer spreads, or metastasizes, through the bloodstream to other parts of the body. It can lead to tumours in the brain, bones, liver, lung, and elsewhere ✓ It can also be caused due to mistakes in DNA replication Lung cancer

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