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Read the following statements about cancer. Identify the true and false ones and select the correct option.

A. Cancer cells lose the property of contact inhibition
B. The property of metastasis is mostly found in benign tumors.
C. The transformation of normal cells into cancerous cells occurs only because of chemical agents.
D. The chemical carcinogen present in tobacco smoke is a major cause of lung cancer.

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Which is the most feared property of malignant tumors?
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How can we prevent AIDS?
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In malignant tumors, the cells divide rapidly and move to distant parts of the body and cause new tumors. This property is called
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Carcinogen present in coal tar is

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Certain tumors are called malignant because,
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Assertion (A): Chemotherapy is used to destroy cancer cells that might have moved to parts of body
Reason (R): Chemotherapy has side effects such as loss of hair due to destruction of 'hair follicle cells
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Which one of the following properties of normal cell is lost during its transition to cancerous cell?
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Which of the following is a mismatching pair of the disease and medicine?
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The drug extracted from this plant is used as an anti-cancer drug.
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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia CML, a type of blood cancer, is caused due to
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Causative organism of cervical cancer is
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Enzyme X catalyzes hydrolysis of GTP into GDP. The GTP-bound form of X transmits a signal that leads to cell proliferation. The GDP-bound form does not transmit any such signal. Mutations in X are found in many cancers. Which of the following alterations of X are most likely to contribute to cancer?
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Tumor-causing virus has
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Identify the techniques useful in detecting the cancers of internal organs.
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_____ have the ability to transform normal cells into cancerous cells.
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'Contact inhibition' is the property of which cells?
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Which one of the following is not a characteristic of cancerous cell whereas the remaining three are?
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Study the following statements.
I) Cancer of connective tissues is called carcinoma.
II) α-lactalbumin is used to treat emphysema.
III) Chromium is carcinogenic.
IV) Sporadic cancers are non-hereditary.

Correct statements of the above is:

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Which one of the following is used to treat cancers?
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Which of the following statements are not true for cancer cells in relation to mutations?