The standard or, usually, first approach used to treat the cancer.
What is primary therapy?
100
Vomiting
What is a side effect of chemotherapy?
100
A type of cancer treatment that uses drugs to destroy cancer cells.
What is chemotherapy?
100
Drugs or other substances that interfere with specific molecules involved in cancer cell growth and survival.
What is targeted therapy?
200
Poorly or undifferentiated
What is grade?
200
Treatment given after the primary therapy to increase the chances of a cure
What is adjuvant therapy?
200
Pain
What is a side effect of surgery?
200
A method of chemotherapy administration where the drug goes directly into a vein.
What is intravenous?
200
Mutant (altered) cell proteins and abnormalities in a cell's chromosomes.
What are identified good cell targets?
300
Small cell lung cancer
What is type of cancer?
300
Therapy given during surgery to eliminate cancer cells.
What is intraoperative therapy?
300
Hot flashes
What is a side effect of hormone therapy?
300
A small, round disc made of plastic or metal that is placed under your skin for chemotherapy administration.
What is a port?
300
Signal transduction inhibitors
Gene expression modulators
Apoptosis inducers
What are types of targeted therapies?
400
80 years old
What is age?
400
Given to relieve the symptoms and reduce the suffering caused by cancer.
What is palliative therapy?
400
Dry and/or moist and/or reddened skin
What are side effects of radiation therapy?
400
Stops or slows the growth of cancer cells, which grow and divide quickly.
What is how chemotherapy works?
400
A form of medicine, a 'cornerstone' of targeted therapy that uses information about a person’s genes and proteins to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease.
What is precision medicine?
500
heart disease, high blood pressure, prior heart attack
What is health history, co-morbidities?
500
Therapy administered before the primary treatment, usually done to reduce tumor burden.
What is neoadjuvant therapy?
500
Flu-like symptoms
What is a side effect of biological therapy?
500
A period of chemotherapy treatment followed by a period of rest.
What is a cycle?
500
A patient’s tumor tissue must be tested to determine whether or not an appropriate target is present.
What is how it is determined whether a patient is a candidate for targeted therapy?