Cancer Specific Terms

Question 1

benign

Answer 1

not spreading more mild disease

Question 2

carcinoma

Answer 2

cancer that develops from endothelial cells

Question 3

cytotoxic

Answer 3

an agent that kills or damages cells

Question 4

epidemiology

Answer 4

the study of diseases within a population

Question 5

haematolgoy

Answer 5

study of blood and blood tissues

Question 6

histopathology

Answer 6

study of cells relating to diseases

Question 7

in situ

Answer 7

in place restricted to a single site

Question 8

in vitro

Answer 8

in a test tube

Question 9

in vivo

Answer 9

in the body

Question 10

malignant

Answer 10

cancerous, growing uncontrollably and may spread

Question 11

morbidity

Answer 11

prevalence of disease within a population

Question 12

martality

Answer 12

death rates caused by a disease within a population

Question 13

neutropenia

Answer 13

reduced white blood cell levels in the blood

Question 14

refractory

Answer 14

resistant to treatment

Question 15

remission

Answer 15

no evidence of disease remaining

Question 16

sarcoma

Answer 16

cancers arising from connective tissues

Question 17

aden or adeno

Answer 17

gland

Question 18

carcin or carcino

Answer 18

malignant

Question 19

lip or lipo

Answer 19

fat

Question 20

lymph or lymphoma

Answer 20

lymph tissue

Question 21

my or myo

Answer 21

muscle

Question 22

osteo

Answer 22

bone