Word Elements
Cancer Terms
Neoplasms
Treatments
Miscellaneous
100
root word meaning cancer
What is carcin/o
100
the difference between benign and malignant
What is benign being noncancerous and malignant being deadly and cancerous.
100
describe the "TNM staging classification system"
What is T: (0-4) = tumor size (primary) N: (0-3) = degree of regional lymph node involvement M: (0-3) = presence of absence of distant metastases
100
the use of cytotoxic drugs and chemicals to achieve a cure, decrease neoplasm size, provide pain relief, or slow metastasis
What is chemotherapy
100
True or false: cancer cells receive a signal telling them to replicate and divide just like healthy cells.
What is False.
200

suffix meaning in the embryonic stages of development

What is -blast

200
another word for tumor
What is neoplasm
200
ionizing radiation tries to accomplish one or more of the following:
What is destruction of tumor cells, reduction of tumor size, decrease in pain, relief of obstruction, to slow or stop metastasis.
200
True or False; it is thought that all cancers alter DNA and ultimately change the behavior of those cells
What is True.
300

root word meaning cold

What is cry/o

300
The process by which malignant cells spread to the other parts of the body.
What is Metastasis
300
a neoplasm that is in the original place or site without any expansion or spread
What is In Situ
300
removing malignant neoplasm in stages. Each layer is examined for traces of cancer, additional tissues are removed until negative boundaries are confirmed. Healthy tissues kept intact.
What is Mohs Surgery.
300
True or False: 90% of cancer death are because the cancer has metastasized
What is True
400
root word meaning flesh
What is sarc/o
400
what makes a neoplasm encapsulated or not
What is encapsulated usually being having a connective tissue capsule, well-defined boarders, slow growing, limited to one area, growth displacement ( not invasion) of adjacent tissue non encapsulated being irregular shape, not "sticky", no distinction from surrounding tissues, invades adjacent tissues, able to metastasize, and grow rapidly
400
loss of cellular differentiation and reversion to a more primitive form.
What is Anaplasia
400
agents that are non-phase specific and work by altering deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis and the cell's ability to preform mitosis.
What is Alkylating agents
400
True or false: It is very hard for even the toughest of cancer cells to metastasize.
What is True.
500
root word meaning hard
What is scirrh/o
500
Largest group of neoplasms originating in epithelial tissue
What is Carcinomas
500
the process by which cells become specialized and differentiated both physically and functionally.
What is differentiation
500
Agents capable of changing the relationship between neoplasm and host to strengthen immune system. These are used in immunotherapy.
What is Biologic Response Modifiers (BRMs)
500
Tue or False: Cancer cells have apoptosis
What is False.
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