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BIOL211
Majors Cellular: Cancer types, treatments, and tumor characteristics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sarcoma | Supporting tissues |
| Leukemia | Blood forming tissues |
| Carcinoma | Lining tissues |
| Lymphoma | Lymphatic system |
| Sheath (capsule) | Benign |
| No sheath (capsule) | Malignant |
| Can be life threatening | Malignant |
| Usually not life threatening | Benign |
| Cancerous | Malignant |
| Not cancerous | Benign |
| Can usually be removed via surgery | Benign |
| Difficult to remove via surgery | Malignant |
| High probability of metasticizing | Malignant |
| Low probability of metasticizing | Beign |
| Can trick the immune system with chemical compounds and signal proliferation of blood vessels growing to it | Malignant |
| Chemicals that kill cells | Chemotherapy |
| Treatment of cancer using X-rays/radiation | Radiotherapy |
| Application of extreme cold to destroy abnormal or diseased tissue | Cryotherapy |
| Prevents extensive growth of blood vessels | Angiogenesis Inhibitors therapy |
| Insertion, alteration, and/or removal of genes | Gene therapy |
| Transplantation of multipotent hematopoietic stem cells or blood | Bone marrow transplantation and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation |
| Application of heat to denature and coagulate proteins | Hyperthermia |