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description and etiology
description and etiology
What the OMA?
diagnosis and procedures
Treatments
100
A new growth or new formation that serves no useful purpose
What is neoplasm
100
True or false. There are over 200 different types of cancer.
What is True
100
cancers of the lung, larynx, and kidneys
What is mesothelioma
100
when tissue samples are taken through curretage, fluid aspiration, fine-needle aspiration, dermal punch, endoscopy, and surgical incision this is known as a what
What is biopsy
100
the use of chemical agents to stop the growth of cancer cells
What is chemotherapy
200
a benign or malignant swelling or enlargement
What is tumor
200
excessive growth of cells
What is hyperplasia
200
solid tumors of epithilial tissue either external or internal
What is carcinomas
200
a test known as what is a biopsy taken from the cervix to detect cancer
What is papanicolaou (pap) test
200
this kind of therapy is used with radiation either external with an x-ray machine or a radioisotope, or internally through a catheter, beads, seeds, ribbons, or needles
What is radiation therapy
300
a tumor that remains localized as a discrete mass
What is benign tumor
300
abnormal growth of cells
What is dysplasia
300
a staining procedure that can be preformed on any body excretion such as urine, feces, sputum, prostatic fluid, vaginal fluid, or tissue scrapings from the tongue or uterus to stain the cells and be placed under a slide to check for abnormalities
What is exfoliative cytology
300
a biological treatment of tumors, this treatment stimulates and restores the bodys own immune system allowing it to recognize and attack hopefully killing the cancer cells
What is immunotherapy or biotherapy
400
a tumor that is invasive and grows rather rapidly
What is malignant tumor
400
a cancerous growth that remains in place
What is carcinoma in situ
400
cancers of the blood and lymp, specifically a cancer that from the body's blood-forming tissues withing the marrow.
What is leukemia
400
substances that can be found in abnormal amounts in the blood, urine, or tissues of some individuals
What is tumor markers
400
a therapy that adds, blocks, or removes hormones
What is hormonal therapy
500
a cell that has lost its call definition and cell function and can metastasize through the blood or lymph is known to be
What is anaplastic
500
to spread throught the circulatory system
What is metastasize
500
lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic systems and characterized by and unusual giant cell. This cell is known as
What is Reed-sternberg cell
500
this is used to to classify tumors according to 3 basic criteria. "T" refers to size, "N" refers to the number of lymph nodes involved, "M" refers to any metastasis of the tumor
What is TNM classification
500
the restoration of stem cells destroyed by high doses of chemo therapy or radiation. either from related or unrelated persons
What is stem cell and bone marrow transplants