Masteringbiology With Pearson Etext -- Standalone Access Card -- For Human Biology Format: Access Card Package
Masteringbiology With Pearson Etext -- Standalone Access Card -- For Human Biology Format: Access Card Package
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ISBN: 9780134326733
Author: Johnson, Michael D.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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The useful of knowing the family history about particular cancer and the genes one inherit.

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Cancer is deadly and spread to various other body parts of the body. Cancer vaccines help to get rid of the virus that helps in the multiplication of cancerous cells by helping our immune system to fight against the diseases by recognizing the foreign substances. As a treatment, chemotherapy and radiation therapy is given to the patient to suppress the tumor cells.

All the features that one has are due to the genes inherited by the parents. Other than the features like hair color, eyes some genes inherited also make us vulnerable to the diseases. Family history plays an important role in the identification of risk of particular cancers.

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