Chap 19 - Oncology Quizes Flashcards
Loss of differentiation of cells; reversion to a more primitive cell type:
anaplasia
System of evaluating the extent of spread of tumors:
staging of tumors
Programmed cell death:
apoptosis
Cancerous tumor made up of cells of epithelial origin:
carcinoma
Evaluating the degree of maturity of tumor cells or indication of malignant transformation:
grading of tumor
Spread of a malignant tumor to a secondary site:
metastasis
Partial or complete disappearance of symptoms of disease:
remission
Cancerous tumor derived from connective or flesh tissue:
sarcoma
Noncancerous growth; a neoplasm:
benign tumor
Replication of cells
mitosis
The combining form that means cancer, cancerous:
carcin/o
The combining form that means flesh, connective tissue:
sarc/o
The combining form that means death:
necr/o
The combining form that means tumor:
onc/o
The suffix that means immature tumor:
-blastoma
The suffix that means mass, tumor:
-oma
The prefix that means short (distance):
brachy-
The prefix that means beyond, change:
meta-
A suffix that means formation, growth:
-genesis
The prefix that means backward:
ana-
Radiotherapy that uses insertion of sealed containers into body cavities or radioactive seeds directly into the tumor:
brachytherapy
Treatment with drugs:
chemotherapy
Radiation therapy using energy in the form of x-rays or gamma rays:
photon therapy
Applying radiation to a tumor from a source outside the body:
external beam irradiation
Wide resection involving removal of the tumor, its organ of origin, and all surrounding tissue in the body space:
exenteration
Destruction of tissue by electric sparks generated by a high-frequency current:
fulguration
Study using CT or MRI to map treatment before RT is given:
simulation
Use of subfreezing temperature to destroy tissue:
cryosurgery
Interleukins are examples of what kind of therapy?
biological therapy
Fractionation is an example of what kind of:
radiation therapy
