Identifying
What does a normal mammogram look like?
What is dark and light areas
PSA
What is Prostate specific antigen ?
PSA
What is present in abnormally large amounts in men with prostate cancer?
Oncology
What is the study of cancer?
What does a abnormal mammogram look like.
What is abnormally shaped or new abnormal area of white tissue?
Carcinoma in situ
What is malignant cells that have not invaded deeper tissues and have spread around the body?
BPH
What is benign prostatic hyperplasia?
PSA
What is made by cells of the prostate gland and is present in abnormally large amounts in men with prostate cancer.
Metastasize
What is when cancer cells spread around the body?
HER2
What is a specialized protein that controls cancer growth and spread?
Benign Neoplasm
All are right.
-It does not invade or destroy the surrounding tissue it is growing on
-It does not spread to other parts of the body.
-It usually doesn't come back after surgical removal.
-Normally grows slowly.
-Has normal looking cells and structures, or is well-differentiated.
CEA
What is carcinoembryonic antigen ?
What is can be used to help diagnose hepatocellular carcinoma
Tumor markers
What is substances found in body tissues and fluids that help to show the presence and type of cancer?
What is normal cells are orderly and form regular breast duct structures?
Malignant Neoplasm
All are right.
-Grows fast
-May Metastasize, which is when cancer cells spread around the body
-May come back after surgical removal
-Invades and destroys surrounding tissues
-Has abnormal looking cells or structures, which is also called poorly differentiated or undifferentiated.
AFP
What is alpha-fetoprotein?
What is it's used mainly to tell a medical practitioner what the prognosis for a patient with colorectal or breast cancer may be, or how well they are responding to treatment, or to see if the cancer has spread.
Neoplasia
What is the abnormal growth and proliferation of abnormal cells or abnormal amounts of cells due to a benign or malignant process?
What is disordered appearance with large, irregular, different shapes and sizes with large nuclei. They have no duct structures and stain more purple than pink.
What is abnormal growth and proliferation of abnormal cells?
HCG
What is human chorionic gonadotropin?
PSA, CEA, AFP,
What can be used to help diagnose hepatocellular carcinoma, or liver cancer.
-Examples of Malignant Tumors
-Lymphoma
-Lung cancer
-Breast cancer