cancer Flashcards
Cancer that arises from connective tissue
Sarcoma
Cells that pass through these may become cancerous
Checkpoint
Programmed cell death
Apoptosis
Screening method to detect cervical cancer
Paptest
The complete life of a cell
Cellcycle
Swelling or mass caused by overgrowth or cells
Tumor
Cancer that arises in lymph tissue
Lymphoma
Describes cancer that has spread to other organs
Metastasis
What do you call cell division?
Mitosis
Tumors growing their own blood vessels
Angiogenesis
A mutated gene that can result in uncontrolled cell growth
Oncogene
New growth
neoplasm
Tissue sample used to check for cancer
Biopsy
Study of cancer
Oncology
Tumors that are not cancerous of spreading
Benign
G1, S, G2, are all of what cell cycle
Interphase
Uncontrolled cell growth
Cancer
The use of various energy to treat local tumors, usually in early stages
Radiation
The value given to the quality or characteristics of a tumor
Grading
Care given to a person to relieve pain
Palliative
Growth that is more than the normal growth
Hyperplasia
Has the potential to cause mutations resulting in cancer
Carcinogen
Screening method for detection of breast cancer
Mammogram
