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non-communicable disease
cannot be passed from a person to another
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risk factors
aspect of lifestyle that are linked to an increased risk of disease e.g. alcohol, smoking
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carcinogen
risk factor for cancer e.g uv, obesity, ionising radiation
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non-cancerous and don’t invade other organs
benign tumour
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cancerous tumours, invade other tissues
malignant tumour
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forms when the cell cycle is lost and cells grow in an abnormal and uncontrolled way
tumour formation
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metastasis
the spreading of cancer
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radiotherapy
stops mitosis of cancer cells but can damage healthy cells
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chemotherapy
stops the cancer sells dividing and makes them ‘self-destruct’
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coronary heart disease, lung cancer and bronchitis
smoking causes

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