Cancer Cells Require Many Nutrients, Which Are Supplied by Blood

question 22

Multiple Choice

Cancer cells require many nutrients, which are supplied by blood vessels. The growth of new blood vessels to cancerous tissue is called

• A) angiogenesis.
• B) metastasis.
• C) carcinogenesis.
• D) apotosis.

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Definitions:

Debt-To-Equity Ratio

An evaluation measuring how shareholder equity contrasts with debt in the economic arrangement to finance a company's assets.

Equity Multiplier

A ratio of financial leverage which quantifies the fraction of a company's assets funded by the equity of its shareholders.

Net Profit Margin

A financial ratio that shows the percentage of net income to revenue, indicating the efficiency at which a company converts sales into net profit.

Gross Margin

The difference between the sales revenue and the cost of goods sold, indicating the profitability of a company's core business activities.