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Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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radiation   the act or process of emitting radiant energy  
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metastasize   ability to generate tumors  
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PSA   bloodtest for prostate-specific antigen  
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biopsy   removal and examination of tissue, cell, fluids from a biopsy  
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screening   living body to see under microscope  
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malignant   obsolete, evil in nature  
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oncogenes   gene having the potential to cause a normalcell to become cancerous  
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carcinogenic   cancer causing  
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apoptosis   programned cell death(regulate cell growth)  
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tumor   swollen or distended part  
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leukemia   cancer of the white blood cells  
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histology   tissue structure or organization of animal or plant  
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dysphagia   difficulty in swallowing or speacking  
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benign   noncancerous  
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melanoma   tumor containing dark pigment  
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neoplasm   another term to describe cancer (new growth)  
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ABCD   rule outting the warning signs of common forms of melanoma  
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mutation   change in biochemistry of a gene-produce abnormal cell  
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colonoscopy   visual inspection of the interior of the colon wth a tube  
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staging   the phrase your in or the progress point  
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