Please study the 20 vocabulary terms below. Then press the Mark Complete button to continue.
- basal cell carcinoma
- cancerous
- carcinogenic
- carcinoma
- chemotherapy
- cytogenic
- leukemia
- lymphoma
- melanoma
- myeloma
- neoplasm
- nephroma
- neuroma
- oncogenic
- polyp
- pulmonary neoplasm
- radiotherapy
- retinoblastoma
- sarcoma
- thymoma
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A type of skin cancer often appearing as a transparent bump on the skin.
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Nowadays most people are aware that sunbathing is a leading cause of basal cell carcinoma.
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Malignant in nature as opposed to benign.
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The doctors suspected that the tumor may be cancerous and ordered a biopsy.
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Causing cance.
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Smoke from tobacco is known to be carcinogenic.
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A cancer arising in the lining of internal organs.
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Fortunately, the carcinoma was found to be benign.
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Treatment of disease using a mixture of drugs.
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After an operation to remove a cancer, chemotherapy is the first course of treatment.
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Producing cells.
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The prostate gland is a cytogenic gland as it secretes living cells.
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Cancer of the white blood cells.
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Leukemia is a cancer caused by an overproduction of damaged white blood cells.
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Cancer of the lymph nodes.
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There is a risk of the lymphoma spreading to the kidney and lungs.
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A serious cancerous growth on the skin, similar in appearance to a mole.
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Although the most dangerous form of skin cancer, melanoma can still be treated.
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A blood cancer arising from damaged plasma cells.
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The specialist discussed methods of slowing the myeloma.
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An abnormal new growth.
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A neoplasm can be either benign or malignant so should be investigated.
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An abnormal growth in the kidney.
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Surgery is often the treatment of choice for nephroma because it leads to the best outcomes.
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An abnormal growth made of nerve tissue.
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The MRI confirmed the presence of a neuroma in the ball of her foot.
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Causing the development of tumors.
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Viruses which are suspected of causing cancers are referred to as oncogenic cancers.
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A growth which protrudes from the tissue.
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If a polyp is small and asymptomatic, it may disappear on its own.
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A tumor in the lungs.
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A biopsy was taken to confirm the malignancy of the pulmonary neoplasm.
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The treatment of disease using radiation.
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In most cases radiotherapy is used as the second stage of treatment.
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Cancer of the retina.
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Children are at risk for retinoblastoma until the age of 6.
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Cancer of connective tissue cells.
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Stage IV sarcoma is rarely curable as it has already spread throughout the body.
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A tumor in the thymus tissue.
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Having been diagnosed, a thymoma can be removed surgically.