If cells are especially sensitive to UV radiation, that means any exposure will immediately turn the cells cancerous. True or False?
A) False. The damage accumulates as the cells divide, so the cells don't become cancerous immediately.
B) True. No one should be exposed to radiation.
C) False. UV radiation immediately turns any cells cancerous, not just those which are especially sensitive to it.
D) True. Skin cancer is one of the deadliest cancers.
E) False. Especially sensitive cells are very good at repairing damage from UV radiation.
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Q1: Xeroderma pigmentosum is a disorder that
A) Causes
Q2: UV light or radiation damages skin cells
Q3: The fact that the disease Xeroderma pigmentosum
Q5: Normally cells in a body communicate, live,
Q6: A cancerous tumor is
A) A benign clump
Q7: Metastasis is when
A) Cancer cells spread from
Q8: What are two reasons the uncontrolled cell
Q9: Tumors can deprive cells of oxygen. This
Q10: There are more than 100 types of
Q11: Tumors secrete chemical signals that cause blood
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