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ONCOLOGY
MP FINAL - ONCOLOGY
Question | Answer |
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ONCOLOGY | ONC/O - MASS, TUMOR |
METASTASIS | META - AFTER OR CHANGE SUBSEQUENT TO OR TRANSITION-STASIS = STANDING STILL OR STAYING IN ONE PLACE. THE PROCESS WHEN CANCEROUS CELLS BREAK OFF AND MOVE THROUGH A BLOOD VESSEL OR LYMPHATIC VESSEL TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY |
REMISSION | REMISS/O- SEND BACK. THE PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH THERE ARE NO SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS OF CANCER OCURRING AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF CANCER |
KARYOTYPE | TEST THAT EXAMINES CHROMOSOMES UNDER A MICROSCOPE |
PSA TEST | BLOOD TEST THAT MEASURES A PROTEIN IN THE PROSTATE GLAND. THE HIGHER THE LEVEL, THE MORE ADVANCED THE PROSTATE CANCER IS. FREE PSA AND TOTAL PSA LEVELS ARE MEASURED |
APOPTOSIS | PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH. CELL SUICIDE. P53 GENE INHIBITS MITOSIS TO DECREASE CHANGE OF PRODUCING MORE DEFECTIVE CELLS. |