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