Cancer Treatment
Cancer Vocabulary
Genetic Material Vocabulary
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Radiotherapy
What is high energy waves that destroy cancer cells
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metastaize
What is the spreading of cancer
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chromatin
What is a combination of DNA, RNA, and proteins in the nucleus of a cell when not in cell division
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stem cell
What is a cell that has the capability to become any other type of cell your body may need
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Chemotherapy
What is oral and intervenous drugs that kill cancer cells ad slow cancer cell growth
200
mutation
What is a change the genetic material of a cell
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deoxyribonucleic acid
What is a double helix of nulceotides
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malignant
What is cancerous
300
Immunotherapy
What is vaccines and bacteria that are used to stimulate the body's response to cancer cells
300
carcinogen
What is a cancer causing agent
300
cell
What is the smallest unit of genetic material
300
relapse
What is when cancer comes back after remission
400
Hormone Therapy
What is hormones used to slow cancer growth
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tumor
What is a group of uncontrollably dividing cells
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chromatid
What is the divided chromosome during cell divsion
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oncologist
What is specialist in the treatment of cancer
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surgery
What is a procedure used to remove all or most of the malignant tumors in a person
500
disease
What is a disorder in the structure or function of a human
500
cell division
What is mitosis and meoisis
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primary tumor
What is the first and original tumor caused by the cancer
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