The Basics of Cancer

What is cancer?

• Poisonous nutrients

• Chemotherapy

• Metastisis

• An uncontrolled growth

What does the Green Light Gene do?

• Tells the cells when to stop mitosis

• Tells the cells when to start mitosis

• Tells the cells if they are good

• Tells the cells if they are bad

What does the Yellow Light Gene do?

• Picks which cells are good or bad

• Tells the cells to start mitosis

• Tells the cells to stop mitosis

What does the Red Light Gene do?

• Picks which cells are bad

• Tells the cells to start mitosis

• Picks which cells are good

• Tells the cells to stop mitosis

How many mutations does it take to form a cancer cell?

• 3-5

• 5-7

• 7-9

• 1-3

What does it mean if the cancer has "metastasized"?

• That the body took in too many carcinogens

• The cancer has been cured

• The cancer has spread to other parts of the body

• The tumor hasn't decided if it's benign or malignant

What are 3 examples of carcinogens?

What causes mutations?

• carcinogens

• a healthy diet

• a biopsy

• metastasis

What will a biopsy tell you?

• If your body is taking to the chemotherapy

• If the tumor has spread to other body parts (metastasized)

• Whether or not the tumor is benign or malignant

• If your genes have stopped working

What is chemotherapy?

• A poison that attacks the cells in the body

• A test that tells if you have cancer or not

• A carcinogen

• Malignant