What is it? Treatment options
Prevention
Disease Cells grow and divide uncontrollably No way to stop Damage to body around them
Damage to a portion of the DNA Mutation Mutations disrupt the normal cell
cycle causing the uncontrollably dividing
One abnormal cell reproduces into two abnormal daughter cells
Abnormal cells divide Form a mass
Cells break off tumor and enter bloodstream
Blood can transport cells all of the body
Cells continue to divide
Three common ways• Surgery• Radiation• Chemotherapy and other drugs
Before cancer spreads Remove tumor
When cancer has spread High energy waves Fast growing cells more likely to be
destroyed
Use of drugs to treat a disease Not specifically a cancer treatment
drug Drugs kill cancer cells or slow their
growth How the cell cycle is controlled holds
the key to stop cancer cells from multiplying
Diet• Fatty foods
Habits• smoking
Sunlight and skin• Ultraviolet light
Cancer Cells vs. Healthy Cells