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Age and Cancer Development
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Age and Cancer Development

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What is the most important risk factor for cancer development?

  • Advancing age (correct)
  • Lifetime exposure to carcinogens
  • Accumulation of genetic mutations
  • Alteration in the immune system

    • What are telomeres?

  • Enzymes involved in genetic changes
  • Genes responsible for cell division
  • DNA sequences at the end of chromosomes (correct)
  • Proteins that protect chromosomes

    • What happens to telomeres with successive cycles of cell division?

  • They remain unchanged
  • They become inactive
  • They get cut off (correct)
  • They increase in length

    • What are fusion genes?

    <p>Genes responsible for chromosomal rearrangements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a potential outcome of telomere erosion?

    <p>Chromosomal end-end fusions</p> Signup and view all the answers

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