Cancer 101
The Human Body
Multiple Myeloma
Which Lymph is It
Leukemia
100

Cancer of the lymphatic system

What are lymphomas?

100

Small bean shaped organs located along the channels of the lymphatic system

What are lymph nodes

100

Bone pain, especially in the ribs and back, fractures, frequent infections, anemia, and fatigue

What are symptoms of Multiple Myeloma?

100

Type of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma that grows slowly and has few symptoms

What is indolent lymphoma?

100

The most common type of cancer in children.

What is ALL?

200

The only sure way to tell if there is a malignancy

What is biopsy?

200

All blood cells originate from these cells produced in the bone marrow

What is a stem cell?

200

Type of WBC (white blood cell) that produces antibodies. Multiple Myeloma is a cancer associated with too many of these cells

What are plasma cells

200
Most often seen in young people aged 16 to 34, and people over age 55
What is Hodgkin Lymphoma?
200
In this type of leukemia cells don’t do any of the normal work of normal WBC’s
What is acute leukemia?
300

Large abnormal cells that are usually associated with Hodgkin’s Disease

What are Reed-Sternberg cells

300

Where all white blood cells begin their development

What is the bone marrow?

300

In diagnosing multiple myeloma, samples of the patient’s blood and urine are checked to see whether they contain high levels of these antibody proteins

What are M proteins?

300

Lymphoma that is found in tissues outside the lymph system, such as in liver or lung tissue is described (staged) in this way.

What is E? (Extranodal or Extralymphatic)

300
Therapy given after people go into remission to prevent relapse.
What is consolidation therapy?
400

This is needed in order to plan a patient’s treatment

What is the stage or extent of the disease?

400

What are immature blood cells called?

What are blasts?

400

MGUS and Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia are examples of these.

What are other plasma cell neoplasms?

400

DLBCL is the most common type of this lymphoma.

What is non-Hodgkin lymphoma?

400
Drugs injected directly into the cerebro-spinal fluid.
What is intrathecal chemotherapy?
500

lymph node group in the armpit region that drains lymph from the breast and nearby areas.

What are the axillary lymph nodes?

500

A stem cell that may produce red blood cells, platelets, or granulocytes.

What is a myeloid stem cell?

500

This is released into the blood when bones are damaged

What is calcium?

500

More than 75% of all newly diagnosed patients this type of lymphoma can be cured with combination chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy.

What is Hodgkin lymphoma?

500
A translocation that results in the bone marrow making an enzyme, called tyrosine kinase, that causes too many stem cells to become white blood cells (granulocytes or blasts).
What is Philadelphia Chromosome?
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