Haney Medterm c21-12
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| A substance, especially a drug, added to a prescription to assist in the action of the main ingredient | adjuvant
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| Treatment of a disease with a substance, especially a drug, that enhances the main ingredient | adjuvant therapy
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| A change in the structure and orientation of cells characterized by a loss of specialization and reversion to a more primitive form | antimetabolite
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| Of or pertaining to a substance or measure that prevents the proliferation of malignant cells | Antineoplastic
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| Non cancerous and therefore not an immediate threat, even though treatment eventually may be required for health or cosmetic reasons | benign
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| A neoplasm characterized by the uncontrolled growth of anaplastic cells that tend to invade surrounding tissue | cancer
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| A substance or agent that causes the development or increases the incidence of cancer | carcinogen
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| A malignant neoplasm | carcinoma
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| A premalignant neoplasm that has not invaded the basement membrane but shows cytologic characteristics of cancer | carcinoma in situ
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| the use of chamical agents to destroy cancer cells on a selective basis | chemotherapy
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| a large nucleic acid molecule found principally in the chromosomes of the nucleus of a cell that is the carrier of genetic information | deocyribonulceic acid
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| a process in development in which unspecialized cells or tissues are sytemically modified and altered to achieve specific and characteristic physical forms. | differentiation
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| enclosed in fibrous or membranous sheaths | encapsulated
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| In radiology, the division of the total dose of radiation into small doses administered at intervals in an effort to minimize tissue damage. | fractionation
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| possessing the ability to invade or penetrate adjacent tissue | infiltrative
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| characterized by a tendency to spread, infiltrate, and intrude | invasive
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| high-energy x-rays that posses the ability to kill cells or retard their growth | ionizing radiaiton
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| an apparatus for accelerating charged subatomic particles used in radiotherapy. | linear accelerator
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| surgical removal of only the tumor and the immediate adjacent breast tissue | lumpectomy
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| tanding to become worse and cause death | malignant
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| the process by which tumor cells spread to distant parts of the body | metastasis
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| a type of cell dicision that results in the fomation of 2 genetically idetical daughter cells | mitosis
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| a growth of more than one kind of neoplastic tissue | mixed-tissue tumor
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| a method of applicaiton | modality
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| an illness or an abnormal condition or quality | morbidity
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| a chande or transformation | mutation
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| any abnormal growth of new tissue | neoplasm
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