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Life: The property manifested in functions such as metabolism, growth, response to stimulation, and reproduction, by which living organisms are distinguished from dead organisms or from inanimate matter. (Webster's Dictionary)

Life: The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; used of all animal and vegetable organisms. (Gray's Medical Dictionary)

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Cancer Summation
1.Specifically, what is cancer?
2.How can cancer be triggered?
3.How are cancers named?
4.What is meant when a cancer metastasizes?
5.Distinguish between a malignant and a benign tumor.
6.What is a biopsy and how is a microarray used for this?
7.How is the ‘stage’ of a cancer determined?
8.Simply smoking cigarettes can lead to what types of cancers?
9.How can viruses trigger cancer?
10.What are oncogenes? How do they contribute to cancer?
11.How do you “get” oncogenes?
12.What are tumor-suppressor genes and how do they play a role in cancer?
13.What do DNA repair genes do to help correct potential cancer?
14.“Cancer tends to involve multiple mutations”—summarize this slide.
15.How can you help prevent the onset of cancer?
16.List several treatments that are currently being used to treat cancer.