What are the main characteristics of cancers that affect children?
What will be an ideal response?
Cancers in children mainly attack the white blood cells (leukemia), brain, bone, lymph system, muscles, kidneys, and nervous system. All are characterized by an uncontrolled proliferation of abnormal cells. The most common cancer in children is leukemia, a cancer in which bone marrow manufactures an abundance of abnormal white blood cells, which crowd out normal cells, making the child susceptible to bruising and infection.
You might also like to view...
What is the relationship of body dissatisfaction to eating disturbances?
a. Body dissatisfaction is linked to more physical activity, which interferes with proper eating. b. Girls who are dissatisfied with their body are likely to engage in extreme forms of dieting. c. Girls who are dissatisfied with their weight are likely to be socially isolated. d. Body dissatisfaction is universal among adolescent girls. There is no systematic relationship between body dissatisfaction and eating disturbances.
The most influential and successful research generally utilizes a. multiple well-controlled, double-blind experiments
b. a combination of well-controlled correlational studies and cross-sectional research. c. a program of multiple research designs over a period of time. d. multiple cross-sectional and longitudinal designs over a period of time.
Stereotypes often portray less powerful groups negatively
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The term that refers to the relationship between organisms and their environment is called:
a. ethology. b. ecology. c. etymology. d. entomology.