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| The process whereby cancer cells break away from the primary site and begin secondary growths at distant locations in the body is referred to as |
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| Is based on the extent of invasion of an untreated primary cancer; |
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| The degree to which a tumor resembles the normal tissue in a site is |
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| A cancer arising from tissue that is capable of differentiating into epithelial and connective tissue is said to be a tumor |
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| Two types of carcinomas are ______ and ______ |
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| squamous and adenocarcinomas |
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| Malignancies of epithelial cells are |
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| Malignancies of supporting tissues are |
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| Four major ways to treat malignancies are |
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| Radiation therapy, Surgery, Chemotherapy and immunotherapy |
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| The sum of knowledge regarding tumors is |
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| The difference between differentiated and undifferentiated cells is |
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differentiated is cells cannot grow
undifferentiated is cells can grow |
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| Cells that are replaced on regular basis are __________________cells |
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| Segments of large molecules known as DNA are called |
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| Another way to describe a cancer - causing cell is |
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| Is treatment with a source of radition located within the body |
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| brachtherapy or internal radiation |
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| Is using the body's own defense systems to fight cancer. |
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| immuotherapy(biological therapies) |
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| A plan for treatment of cancer is called a |
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| Treatment to relieve cancer symptons even though the possibility of remission seems unlikely is called |
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| ____________Are drugs being studied that will boost the effect of radition therapy. |
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| A ____________ is the place on the body at which the radition beam is aimed. |
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| Treatment of cancer by chemotherapy trough the bloodstream |
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