Key Terms
Harmless neoplasm
What is benign?
Known to help potentiate known carcinogens
What are promoters?
Breast cancer screening beginning at age 45-55 years of age
What is mammography?
Cellular proteins made by normal and cancerous cells
What are tumor markers?
antineoplastic drugs
What is chemotherapy?
Abnormal, uncontrolled, cancerous growth
What is malignancy?
High emission from soil
What is radon gas?
Every 10 years, starting at age 50
What is a colonoscopy?
Removal of tissue or organ
What is surgery?
Removal of a malignant growth?
What is surgery?
Surrounded by a fibrous capsule
What is encapsulated?
An inherited risk
What are genetic factors?
Men with at least a 10-year life expectancy
What is a PSA?
Commonly used radiologic scanning technique
What is a CT scan?
Method that destroys cancer cells without permanent damage to adjacent tissues
What is radiation?
Gene that has the potential to cause cancer
What is an oncogene?
A known carcinogen for liver cancer
What is Hepatitis B?
Removal of living cells for examination
What is a biopsy?
Tumor marker for GI cancers
What is a CEA?
Internal radiotherapy
What is brachytherapy?
Cancer of the connective tissues
What is sarcoma?
HPV virus
What virus can cause cervical, throat and mouth cancers?
Direct visualization of internal body parts
What is endoscopy?
Tumor marker for breast cancer
What is 27-29?
Biologic response modifiers
What is immunotherapy?