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ONCOLOGY 1
Mrs. Todd's Neoplasms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This latin word meaning crab,now refers to any malignant tumor(neoplasm,oncoma)? | Cancer |
| These are malignant tumors of epithelial tissues and make up the majority of all cancers? | Carcinomas |
| Originate in connective or supportive tissues of the body such as muscles,tendons,fat,joints, and bone? | Sarcomas |
| Cancers of the blood-forming tissues? | Leukemias |
| Cancers of the lymphoid tissues? | Lymphomas |
| Cancers of the bone marrow? | Myelomas |
| cancer fo squamous epithelium is called a_______? | Squamous carcinoma |
| _____________ is a type of skin cancer? | Basal Cell Carcinoma |
| ___________is a cancer that originates in the bronchus of the respiratory tract? | Broncogenic carcinoma |
| surgery is a treatment used when possible to remove cancerous tissues? T or F | True |
| ________and __________are two principal treatments to remove remaining cancerous cells. | Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy |
| _______ is a treatment that employs the injection of hormones, active and passive. | Immunotherapy |
| Laser therapy with a special chemical injected into the blood stream is called___________? | Photodynamic Therapy |
| Air and or water pollution and radiation make up__________ classifications. | Environmental |
| Hormones,genetic dispositons and viruses constitute a __________ category. | Hereditary |
| Smoking,chemicals used in industry,food cosmetics and plastics are __________classifications. | Biological |
| _________ means Cancer of the bone. | Osteosarcoma |
| Normall cells reproducing themselves in an orderly process? | Mitosis |
| Immature cells under going normal changes as them mature and assume specialized functions? | Differentiation |
| Failure of immature cells to develope specialized functions? | Dedifferentiation |
| Tumor cells that are well differentiated? | Grade l |
| Tumor cells that are moderately differentiated | Grade ll |
| These are tumor cells that are poorly to very poorly differentiated? | Grade lll |
| TNM | Tumor Node Metastisis |
| Used to detect abnormal or cancerous cells in the cervix/vagina? | Pap Smear/test |
| This test is used to find hidden blood in the colon? | Fecal occult blood test |
| A microscopic examine of sputum? | Sputum cytology test |
| A test to diagnose and monitor fetal distress or fetal abnormalities? | AFP(Alpha-fetoprotein) |
| A test that can indicate atopic pregnancies and testicular cancer? | HCG(Human chorionic gonadotropin) |
| __________are usually not a threat to life and are encapsulated? | Benign Tumors |
| __________grow rapidly and are threats to life unless detedted early and properly treated. | Malignant Tumors |
| ____ and _____ are two types of radiation therapy. | IRT (INTERNAL RADIATION THERAPY), AND ERT(EXTERNAL RADIATION THERAPY) |
| An examination used to detect prostate cancer | DRE (Digital Rectal Examination) |
| Removal of tumor and surrounding tissue. | Excisional biopsy |
| Removal of part of a tumor | incisional biopsy |
| Puncture of a tumor for the removal of a core of tissue. | Needle biopsy |
| Form of breast biopsy. | Fine Needle aspiration |
| The use of mammogram-guided needle | Stereotactic biopsy |
| Using a large bore needle to remove a generous sample of breast tissue with the assistance of a vacuum-assisted needle biopsy device. | Core biopsy |
| Process by which a physician pinpoints the first lymph node into which a tumor drans and removes only those most likely to be cancerous. | Sentinel node biopsy |
| aden/o | gland |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| -gen | formation,produce |
| -oid | resemble |
| brachy- | short |
| American Cancer Society | ACS |
| Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome | AIDS |
| Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia | ALL |
| breast cancer gene | BRCA |
| biopsy | Bx |
| cancer | CA |
| carcinoembryonic antigen | CEA |
| CHEMOTHERAPY | chemo |
| Chronic myelocytic leukemia | CML |
| ductal carcinoma in situ | DCIS |
| Deoxyribonucleic acid | DNA |
| FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION | FNA |
| HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA | HCC |
| HYMAN T-CELL LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA VIRUS | HTLV |
| METASTASIS | METS |
| non-Hodgkin's lymphoma | NHL |
| prostate-specific antigen | PSA |
| RADIATION THERAPY | RT |
| TUMOR,NODE,METASTASIS | TNM |
| TREATMENT | TX |
| RADIATION THERAPY | XRT |
| BLAST/O | EMBRYONIC CELL |
| MUT/A | GENETIC CHANGE |
| RADI/O | RADIATION; X-RAY |
| PLASIA- | FORMATION,GROWTH |
| -PLASM | A THING FORMED |
| PLASTIC- | FORMATIVE |
| OLIGO- | LITTLE |
| ASTRO- | STAR SHAPED |
| NEO- | NEW |
| CHORI/O | CHORION |
| MEDULL/O | MARROW |
| ANGI/O | VESSEL |
| IMMUN/O | SAFE |
| ONC/O | TUMOR |
| RETICUL/O | NET,MESH |
| RHABD/O | ROD-SHAPED |
| DUCT | TO LEAD |
| TRISM | GRATING |
| CAPSUL | WITHIN |
| SARC | FLESH |
| SEMIN | SEED |
| TERAT | MONSTER |
| TOX | POISON |
| -GENIC | PRODUCING |
| -IN | SUBSTANCE |
| -PLAKIA | PLATE |
| -ATE | USE,ACTION |
| -IVE | NATURE |
| -STASIS | CONTROL |
| FORM OF LYMPHOMA THAT OCCURS IN YOUNG ADULTS. | Hodgkin's disease |
| Process of increasing the severity of symptoms. | Exacerbation |
| Process by which normal cells have a distinct appearance and specialized function. | differentiation |
| Enclosed within a site | in situ |
| Enclosed within a sheath | Encapsulated |
| Type of laser therapy that involves the use of a special chemical that is injected into the blood stream and absorbed by cells all over the body. | Photodynamic therapy |
| Process of growing rapidly | Fungating |
| Excessive formation and growth of normal cells. | Hyperplasia |
| Malignant neoplasm that causes violaceous(purplish discoloration)vascular lesions and general lymphadenopathy. | Kaposi's sarcoma |
| Spreading process of cancer from one area of the body to another. | Metastasis |
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