8.2 Guided Reading

Noninfectious Disease

As you carefully read through the text, answer the following questions as completely as possible!

1. A disease that does not spread from person to person is called a ____________________ disease.

2. List several possible causes of noninfectious disease.

3. Cancer is a disease that causes cells to ____________________ uncontrollably.

4. Cancer is usually caused by ________________________.

5. Explain how a mutation can cause a cancerous tumor.

6. Anything that can cause cancer is called a _________________________.

7. List two types of pathogens that can cause cancer.

8. Dozens of chemicals in tobacco smoke, including _____________________, have been show to cause cancer.

9. Smoking tobacco increases the risk of cancer of many areas of the body. List these four areas.

10. Forms of radiation that cause cancer include ____________________________ and radon.

11. What is the leading cause of skin cancer?

12. What is radon? What type of cancer can it cause?

13. Explain how cancer can spread throughout the body.

14. What is the most common type of cancer in adult males? In females?

15. Cancer in children is rare. What is the most common type of childhood cancer?

16. Explain how cancer can be treated.

17. List several warning signs of cancer.

18. What is diabetes? Explain.

19. What are the two types of diabetes? Explain how they are similar and different.

20. What is an autoimmune disease? List several types of autoimmune diseases.

21. What is an allergy?

22. What are allergens?

23. List several common allergens.

24. Describe how noninfectious disease may be prevented.