Cancer Development and Causes

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Which of the following best describes the fundamental abnormality resulting in the development of cancer?

  • Unregulated proliferation of cancer cells (correct)
  • Invasion of normal tissues and organs
  • Loss of growth control in cancer cells
  • Accumulated abnormalities in cell regulatory systems

What distinguishes cancer cells from their normal counterparts?

  • Uncontrolled growth and division
  • Accumulated abnormalities in cell regulatory systems (correct)
  • Loss of growth control
  • Invasion of normal tissues and organs

What is reflected in several aspects of cell behavior in cancer cells?

  • Invasion of normal tissues and organs
  • Accumulated abnormalities in cell regulatory systems
  • Unregulated proliferation of cancer cells
  • Loss of growth control (correct)

What does the light micrograph of a section through a pancreas showing pancreatic cancer in the text depict?

<p>Cancer cells invading normal tissue (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where is the earliest recorded description of cancer found?

<p>Egypt (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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