Question

A patient is suffering from fatigue, high fever, and weight loss, and has been observing an increasing number and size of lumps in various regions of her body over a very short time.

(a) What could she be suffering from?

(b) Mention FOUR ways in which the disease identified in (a) is caused and FOUR techniques that can be used to diagnose it.

Answer 1

(a) Malignant tumour/ Cancer 

(b) any four causes such as: 

• genetic factors/family history 
• carcinogens 
• high energy ionising radiations (e.g. X-rays, gamma rays, etc.) 
• non-ionizing radiations (e.g., UV) 
• infection by oncogenic viruses 

Any four diagnosis techniques such as: 

• X-rays 
• CT scans 
• MRI scans 
• Blood tests  
• Biopsies