Cancer terms

Question 1

Carcinoma

Answer 1

Carcinoma develops from sheets of cells that cover a surface (example: skin) or line a body cavity

Question 2

Sarcoma

Answer 2

A rare form of cancer arises from connective and supportive tissues, examples: bone, fat, muscle, and other connective tissues

Question 3

Radiosensitive

Answer 3

cancer degenerates in response to radiation

Question 4

Radioresistant

Answer 4

the cancer may have a partial response or doesn’t respond at all

Question 5

Fractionation

Answer 5

a treatment radiation dose is broken down into multiple exposures over several weeks to minimize side effects

Question 6

Cryosurgery

Answer 6

destroying malignant tissue by freezing it with a cold probe

Question 7

Fulguration

Answer 7

Malignant tissue is destroyed with an electrocautery instrument (electric current).

Question 8

Excisional biopsy

Answer 8

simultaneous tissue sampling and removal of a tumor with a safe margin of normal tissue

Question 9

Resect

Answer 9

to cut and remove a segment of an organ containing a tumor

Question 10

En bloc resection

Answer 10

removal of the tumor and any surrounding organs or tissues that may be involved