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biology B2 (me)
health and disease
non-communicable
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non- communicable disease
are those that cannot be spread person to person, such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes
human cost-
lower quality
of
life
,
shorter life span
financial cost-
on the
NHS
, for
treatment
and
research longterm
risk factors-
smoking, obesity, alcohol, stress, lack of exercise, family history
cancer is caused by the
uncontrolled cell growth
and
division
of
abnormal
cells
benign
is where the
tumour
is
contained
within the
body
and does not
spread
malignant
is where the tumour is
cancerous
and can
spread
to other parts of the body
risk factors
of
cancer
include:
smoking
,
obesity
,
UV exposure
,
family history