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Text #5
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Question | Answer |
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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 |