Week 3 Oncology Terms

Question 1

-blast

Answer 1

embryonic; immature

Question 2

chem/o-

Answer 2

chemical; drug

Question 3

cry/o-

Answer 3

cold

Question 4

fibr/o-

Answer 4

fiber

Question 5

meta-

Answer 5

change; beyond

Question 6

-oma

Answer 6

tumor; mass; fluid collection

Question 7

onc/o-

Answer 7

tumor

Question 8

-plasia

Answer 8

formation; development; growth

Question 9

-plasm

Answer 9

formation; structure

Question 10

sarc/o-

Answer 10

flesh (connective tissue)

Question 11

bx

Answer 11

biopsy

Question 12

Ca

Answer 12

cancer; calcium

Question 13

CEA

Answer 13

carcino embryonic antigen

Question 14

DNA

Answer 14

genetic coding in cells

Question 15

PSA

Answer 15

antigen elevated in prostate cancer patients

Question 16

TNM

Answer 16

tumor, nodes, metastasis

Question 17

anaplasia

Answer 17

cancerous cells lack orderly arrangement

Question 18

benign

Answer 18

non-life threatening tumor/growth

Question 19

carcinoma

Answer 19

cancerous tumor

Question 20

differentiation

Answer 20

change in structure and function of cell as it matures

Question 21

grading & staging

Answer 21

tumor classification by maturity & spread

Question 22

invasive

Answer 22

having ability to enter & destroy tissue

Question 23

malignant

Answer 23

tending to be worse & result in death; tumors=invasive, anaplasia, metastasis

Question 24

metastasis

Answer 24

spread of malignant tumor to another site; (meta= beyond, stasis= control)

Question 25

neoplasm

Answer 25

new growth; benign or malignant tumor

Question 26

oncogenes

Answer 26

region in DNA that cause cancer

Question 27

oncology

Answer 27

study of cancer

Question 28

sarcoma

Answer 28

cancerous tumor in connective tissue

Question 29

tumor

Answer 29

masses or growths

Question 30

basal cell carcinoma

Answer 30

type of skin cancer (epithelial)

Question 31

breast cancer

Answer 31

cancer in glandular tissue of breast

Question 32

bronchogenic carcinoma

Answer 32

lung cancer (epithelial)

Question 33

cervical carcinoma

Answer 33

cancer of cervix (epithelial)

Question 34

colorectal cancer

Answer 34

cancer of colon & rectum

Question 35

endometrial carcinoma

Answer 35

cancer of uterine lining

Question 36

Kaposi sarcoma

Answer 36

cancer of capillaries seen in AIDS victims

Question 37

malignant melanoma

Answer 37

deadly skin cancer

Question 38

ovarian carcinoma

Answer 38

cancer of ovaries

Question 39

pancreatic cancer

Answer 39

cancer of pancreas

Question 40

prostatic cancer

Answer 40

cancer of prostate gland

Question 41

renal cell carcinoma

Answer 41

kidney cancer seen in adults

Question 42

squamous cell carcinoma

Answer 42

skin cancer in epidermis

Question 43

incisional biopsy

Answer 43

piece of tumor removed to examine

Question 44

excisional biopsy

Answer 44

tumor and surrounding normal tissue removed to cure and diagnosis

Question 45

cryosurgery

Answer 45

malignant tumor frozen = destroyed (used with bladder and brain tumors)

Question 46

en bloc resection

Answer 46

tumor and large area around with lymph nodes (mastectomy, etc.)

Question 47

fulguration

Answer 47

electrical current used to destroy tissue

Question 48

chemotherapy

Answer 48

treatment of cancer using drugs

Question 49

radiation therapy

Answer 49

treatment of cancer using radiation energy to destroy cancer tissue

Question 50

non-invasive

Answer 50

not into the body