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1) a. How many different types of cancer are there? a. cancer is a single diseas

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Question

1) a. How many different types of cancer are there?

a. cancer is a single disease

b. around 5.

c. at least 100.

d. at least 2000.

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1) b. which of the following tissue growth patterns would cause a doctor the most concern?

a. dysplasia

b. hyperplasia

c. neoplasia

d. hypertrophy

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1) c. which of these is not a property of malignant tumors?

a. they can spread to other parts of the body

b. they often contain poorly-differentiated cells

c. they can arise from almost any tissue type

d. their cells multiply in a controlled manner

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please try and give an explanation as well, thanks!

Explanation / Answer

1) a) c. at least 100.

There are around 100 different types of cancer known to us.

b) c. Neoplasm

Neoplasm because they mostly develop into tumors and malignant neoplasms are known as cancer.

c) d. their cells multiply in a controlled manner

Malignant tumors spread due to the ability of the cells to bypass the cell cycle checkpoint and thus multiply uncontrollably.