Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Infectious diseases

Infectious diseases — practice question

(a)[3]

Explain how uncontrolled cell division can lead to cancer.

(b)[3]

Describe the experimental evidence that indicates smoking causes lung cancer.

(c)[3]

Fig. 6.1 shows how mortality rates for lung cancer in five countries changed between 1950 and 2006 for males. Using Fig. 6.1, describe both the similarities and the differences in the mortality-rate trends for the countries shown.

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