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The following activity is for the "key terms" in chapter 3 of your textbook.

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Anaplastic   abnormal tissue, the more undifferentiated tissue  
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Angiogenesis   new growth of blood vessels  
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Benign   having limited growth, noncancerous  
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Biopsy   removing a small piece of tissue for microscopic examination  
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Cachexia   a term used to describe any individual who has an ill, thin, wasted appearance  
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Carcinogen   cancer causing agent or substance  
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Carcinogenesis   cancer development  
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Carcinoma   the most common type of malignant neoplasm arising from epithelial tissue  
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Carcinoma in situ   atypical cells residing in the epithelial layer of tissue, not having broken through the basement membrane and invading other local tissues  
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Chemotherapy   using pharmacologic therapy in the treatment of cancer  
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Curative   something that corrects or cures the disease or condition  
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Cytology   the examination or study of cells  
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Differentiation   the process of individual specialization of cells  
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Dysplasia   an alteration in size, shape, and organization of cells  
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Frozen section   a technique that enables a pathologist to make a rapid determination of a tumor condition, either malignant or benign  
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Grading   determining the degree of differentiation of cells through microscopic examination  
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Hematoma   a large tumor or swelling filled with blood; also called a bruise or contusion  
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Hyperplasia(s)   an increase in cell number; overgrowth in response to some type of stimulus  
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Invasion   spreading into surrounding or local tissue  
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Leukemia   a progressive overgrowth of abnormal leukocytes; a malignant disease of the bone marrow  
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Lymphomas   malignant neoplasms of blood forming organs  
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Malignant   deadly or progressing to death; cancerous  
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Metaplasia   a cellular adaptation in which the cell changes to another type of cell  
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Metastasis   spreading to distant sites  
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Neoplasm(s)   an increase in cell number, leading to an increase in tissue size; commonly called tumors  
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Palliative   something that is directed toward relief of symptoms but does not cure  
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Pap test   also called Papanicolaou test; a screening for cancer using and examining the cells scraped from the cervical area  
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Preventative   something that reduces risk  
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Radiation   the process of using light, short waves, ultraviolet or X rays, or any other rays  
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Sarcoma   a malignant neoplasm arising from connective tissue  
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Staging   determining the degree of spread of a malignant tumor  
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Tumor   “swelling” or growth, originally used in the description of the swelling related to inflammation  
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