B7 Non-communicable diseases

Non-communicable diseases

Medical conditions that are non-infectious and non-transmissible between people

Benign tumours

Abnormal cell growths contained in one area

Cancer

Malignant tumour resulting from changes in cells leading to uncontrolled growth and division

Carcinogens

Agents causing or significantly increasing the risk of developing cancer

Causal mechanism

Explanation of how one factor influences another

Correlation

Apparent link or relationship between two factors

Ionising radiation

Energy causing ionisation in materials it passes through

Malignant tumours

Tumours invading neighbouring tissues and spreading to different parts of the body

Tumour

Mass of abnormally growing cells formed when cells do not respond to normal growth control mechanisms and lose control of the cell cycle