Basic Terms
What is a lump or growth of extra tissue?
Tumor
What type of imaging uses strong magnets and radio waves to create detailed pictures of organs and tissues?
MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
What type treatment uses high energy rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors?
Radiation Therapy
What system describes how much cancer is in the body and whether or not it has spread?
Cancer staging/stages
How old is Slope?
20
What are the two categories a tumor can fall into?
Benign and malignant
What type of imaging looks for signs of cancer in the body on a cellular level?
PET Scan
What is the initial therapy used to treat a patient's cancer?
First Line Treatment
What shows how different cancer cells look from normal cells and how likely a tumor is to grow and spread?
Cancer Grade
What's Cavity's favorite color?
YELLOW!!
What is it called when cancer spreads from where it started to antoher part of the body?
Metastasis
What specific type of X-ray takes pictures inside the body and combines them to create detailed images of bones and soft tissues?
CT Scans
What treatment is used when first line treatment fails?
Second line treatment
What are the edges of cancer tissue that are removed during surgery and are used to indicate if all the cancer is really gone?
Margins
What's Marsh's major?
HPM