PSYC 314 Lecture Notes - Prostate Cancer Screening, Mammography, Nature Medicine
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Baboon and hum societies: under stable conditions, being higher on the hierarchy means less stress and better health. Being lower on the hierarchy means increased hr and bp. Cancer: extremely rapid cell growth & proliferation. Dysfunction in part of dna that controls cell growth and reproduction. Heterogeneous: more than 100 different types of cancer a condition involving causing a proliferation of cells which can mass and create a tumour and these cancerous cells provide no benefit to the body and invade other, healthy cells. This happens when there is a dysfunction in a part of the dna (a mutation) which effects the patterns of cell growth and division. Over 100 different types of cancer; different types of cancer can have a different growth cycle. Can stress alter the progression of cancer? commonly studied through interviewing people with cancer (retrospective--biases in remembering things) Animal studies can give you more knowledge about cancer.
