Cancer Treatment
What is high energy waves that destroy cancer cells
Radiotherapy
What is a disorder in the structure or function of a human
disease
What is the smallest unit of genetic material
cell
What is t=tumor, n=nearby lymph nodes, and m= metastasis
TNM system
What is a cell that has the capability to become any other type of cell your body may need
stem cell
What is oral and intervenous drugs that kill cancer cells ad slow cancer cell growth
Chemotherapy
What is the spreading of cancer
metastaize
What is mitosis and meoisis
cell division
What is a number given to indicate how far your cancer is along
Numeral System
What is when cancer comes back after remission
relapse
What is vaccines and bacteria that are used to stimulate the body's response to cancer cells
Immunotherapy
What is a change the genetic material of a cell
mutation
What is the divided chromosome during cell divsion
chromatid
What is a list of terms used to describe cancer
5 Category System
What is the first and original tumor caused by the cancer
primary tumor
What is it called when hormones are used to slow cancer growth
Hormone Therapy
What is a group of uncontrollably dividing cells
tumor
What is a double helix of nulceotides
deoxyribonucleic acid
What is a number given to describe how many tumors, and how big the tumors are
Tumor Grade
What is cancerous
malignant
What is a procedure used to remove all or most of the malignant tumors in a person
surgery
What is a cancer causing agent
carcinogen
What is a combination of DNA, RNA, and proteins in the nucleus of a cell when not in cell division
chromatin
What is the stage numeral system
the most commonly heard way of staging cancer
What is specialist in the treatment of cancer
oncologist