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cancer
it is abnormal cells that divides without control, uncontrol mitosis
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two types of tumour cell
benign, malignant
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benign
can’t spread to other place, but could cause problem if it affact the function of a organ, not cancer
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malignant
can spread to other place and cause damge, it is a cancer
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Metastasis
When the cancerous tumour was spread to a different place of your body
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treatment for cancer
-radiotherapy:cancers cell destroyed by concentrated dose of radiation, stops mitosis in the cells but damaged other healthy cell
-chemotherapy:chemical are used to either stops mitosis or kill the cancer cell
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