What is it? Treatment options Prevention

 Disease  Cells grow and divide uncontrollably  No way to stop  Damage to body around them

 Damage to a portion of the DNA  Mutation  Mutations disrupt the normal cell cycle causing the uncontrollably dividing  One abnormal cell reproduces into two abnormal daughter cells

 Abnormal cells divide  Form a mass

 Cells break off tumor and enter bloodstream  Blood can transport cells all of the body  Cells continue to divide

 Three common ways Surgery Radiation Chemotherapy and other drugs

 Before cancer spreads  Remove tumor

 When cancer has spread  High energy waves  Fast growing cells more likely to be destroyed

 Use of drugs to treat a disease  Not specifically a cancer treatment drug  Drugs kill cancer cells or slow their growth  How the cell cycle is controlled holds the key to stop cancer cells from multiplying

 Diet Fatty foods  Habits smoking  Sunlight and skin Ultraviolet light

 Cancer Cells vs. Healthy Cells Cancer Cells vs. Healthy Cells