Radiotherapy (treatment with ionizing radiation) is one of the most effective current cancer treatments. It works by damaging DNA and other cellular components. In which ways could radiotherapy control or cure cancer, and why does radiotherapy often have significant side effects?

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Q: How can a defect in p53 gene contribute to cancer development?

A: Cancer is an abnormal growth of cells which tend to proliferate in an uncontrolled way and, in some…

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Q: What are Two kinds of cancer-producing mutations?

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Q: Why are deaths from infection in cancer patients so common?

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Q: If cancer is fundamentally a genetic disease, how might an environmental factor such as smoking…

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Q: Some cancers show increased incidence with age while others peak at younger ages. Why do you suppose…

A: The Cancer is defined as a group of diseases which is characterized by the uncontrolled growth and…

Q: Gene therapy (or cell therapy) is the name of a newer type of cancer treatment. Describe an example…

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Q: Briefly, why is drug resistant cancer not as big a problem as drug-resistant bacteria?

A: Chemotherapy uses Multi-drug resistance (MDR) to kill the cancer cells and it is considered one of…

Q: Discuss the interplay between genetics and environment in the development of cancer (it would be…

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Q: Why is late stage cancer so dangerous for our body.

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Q: What are the two external barriers and two risks that might potentially impact the cancer program’s…

A: The success of a cancer program can be influenced by a variety of factors. External barriers and…

Q: How Cancer Involves the Proliferation of a Clone of Cells?

A: When the cell division becomes out of control and cells starts accumulating it results in cancer.

Q: Cancer can arise spontaneously, but it can also be induced as a result of environmental factors such…

A: Cancer is a collection of diseases characterized by abnormal and uncontrolled growth. Cancer arises…

Q: Hair loss is a well-known side effect of chemotherapy; why does this side effect occur? (1)…

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Q: What role do cell check points have in cancer ?

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Q: Name a toxicant that requires chronic exposure to cause cancer, and another that is driven by acute…

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Q: Drivers are mutations that drive the cancer process; passengers are mutations that arise randomly in…

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Q: Which of the following statements about cancer is correct? A. Cancer stem cells can make tumors…

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Q: Patients with XP suffer extremely high incidence of skin cancer but have not been found to have…

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A: It is an uncontrollable cell division that get metastasized into surrounding tissues.