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Chapter 34 Cancer
Cancer test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| BENIGN | TUMOR THAT IS NOT CANCEROUS AND DOES NOT SPREAD TO SURROUNDING TISSUES OR OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY. |
| CANCER | TERM FOR DISEASES IN WHICH ABNORMAL CELLS DIVIDE WITHOUT CONTROL. |
| FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST(FOBT) | TEST TO CHECK FOR BLOOD IN STOOL |
| PAP TEST OR PAP SMEAR | SCREENING TEST IN WHICH CELLS FROM THE CERVIX ARE EXAMINED TO DETECT CANCER AND CHANGES THAT MAY LEAD TO CANCER. |
| POLYP | GROWTH THAT PROTRUDES FROM A MUCOUS MEMBRANE |
| RADIATION THERAPY | USE OF HIGH-ENERGY RADIATION FROM X-RAYS, GAMMA RAYS, NEUTRONS, AND OTHER SOURCES TO KILL CANCER CELLSS AND SHRINK TUMORS |
| RADON | RADIOACTIVE GAS THAT IF INHALED IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY CAN LEAD TO LUNG CANCER |
| WHAT IS THE MOST PAINFUL CANCER FOR KIDS? | BONE CANCER |
| LEUKEMIA | BEGINS IN THE BLOOD-FORMING TISSUES |
| LYMPHOMA | BEGINS IN CELLS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM |
| RISK FACTORS FOR CANCER | AGE, TOBACCO, IONIZING RADIATION AND SUNLIGHT, HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS, BACTERIAL AND VIRAL INFECTION, HORMONE THERAPY, FAMILY HISTORY, ALCOHOL, AND DIET, PHYSICAL INACTIVITY, AND OBESITY |
| TYPES OF CANCERS | BREAST CANCER, (CANCER OF THE CERVIX,ENDOMETRIUM AND OVARIES), SKIN CANCER, LUNG CANCER, COLORECTAL CANCER,AND PROSTATE CANCER |
| WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CANCERS OF THE ___,___,__,___, AND ___MOST CANCERS DO NOT RUN IN FAMILIES | BREAST, OVARY, PROSTATE, SKIN, AND COLON |
| CHRONIC ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION MAY INCREASE THE RISK FOR CANCER OF THE ___,___,____,___,___, AND _____ | LIVER, MOUTH, THROAT, ESOPHAGUS, LARYNX, AND BREAST |
| LUNG CANCER IS THE MOST COMMON _____ OF CANCER | FORM |
| SOUND ALIKE AND LOOK ALIKE DRUGS | CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE AND CYCLOSPORINE; CYTOCIN,CYTOSAR-U, CYTOTEC,CILOXAN,AND CEFOXITIN; PACLITAXEL AND ALBUMINBOUND NANOPACLITAXEL; TAXOTERE AND TAXOL; VINBLASTINE AND VINCRISTINE |
| PROPOFOL | THAT DRUG THAT KILLED MICHEAL JACKSON; LOOKS LIKE MILK |
| ZIDOVUDINE | IF RAPED...GET TO HOSPITAL WITH 1-2 HRS IT CAN STOP YOU FROM CATCHING AIDS |
| BOTULINUM A | USED IN PLASTIC SURGERIES |
| METFORMIN HCI | USED A S FERTILITY DRUG |
| WHAT ARE 4 CHEMO DRUGS? | ETOPOSIDE, BLEOMYCIN, TOPOTECAN, AND MITOMYCIN |
| WHAT IS THE 1ST CHEMO DRUG? | NITROGEN MUSTARD |
| STAGING | IS A METHOD USED TO DESCRIBE HOW FAR THE CANCER HAS PROGRESSED WITHIN THE BODY |
| WHAT ARE THE 2 TYPES OF SKIN CANCER CATAGORIES? | MELANOMA AND NONMELANOMA |
| WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF CANCER | SKIN |
| ENDOMETRIAL CANCER IS LINKED TO? | THE CERVIX |
| BIOPSY | REMOVAL OF THE CELLS OF TISSUES FOR EXAMINATION BY A PATHOLOGIST |
| WHAT IS THE 3 TYPES OF BIOPSY? | INCISSIONAL; EXCISIONAL; FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION |
| CHEMOTHERAPY | TREATMENT WITH DRUGS THAT KILLS CANCER |
| CARCINOGENS | CANCER-CAUSING CHEMICALS |
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