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