Chap 19 - Oncology Quizes

Question 1

Loss of differentiation of cells; reversion to a more primitive cell type:

Answer 1

anaplasia

Question 2

System of evaluating the extent of spread of tumors:

Answer 2

staging of tumors

Question 3

Programmed cell death:

Answer 3

apoptosis

Question 4

Cancerous tumor made up of cells of epithelial origin:

Answer 4

carcinoma

Question 5

Evaluating the degree of maturity of tumor cells or indication of malignant transformation:

Answer 5

grading of tumor

Question 6

Spread of a malignant tumor to a secondary site:

Answer 6

metastasis

Question 7

Partial or complete disappearance of symptoms of disease:

Answer 7

remission

Question 8

Cancerous tumor derived from connective or flesh tissue:

Answer 8

sarcoma

Question 9

Noncancerous growth; a neoplasm:

Answer 9

benign tumor

Question 10

Replication of cells

Answer 10

mitosis

Question 11

The combining form that means cancer, cancerous:

Answer 11

carcin/o

Question 12

The combining form that means flesh, connective tissue:

Answer 12

sarc/o

Question 13

The combining form that means death:

Answer 13

necr/o

Question 14

The combining form that means tumor:

Answer 14

onc/o

Question 15

The suffix that means immature tumor:

Answer 15

-blastoma

Question 16

The suffix that means mass, tumor:

Answer 16

-oma

Question 17

The prefix that means short (distance):

Answer 17

brachy-

Question 18

The prefix that means beyond, change:

Answer 18

meta-

Question 19

A suffix that means formation, growth:

Answer 19

-genesis

Question 20

The prefix that means backward:

Answer 20

ana-

Question 21

Radiotherapy that uses insertion of sealed containers into body cavities or radioactive seeds directly into the tumor:

Answer 21

brachytherapy

Question 22

Treatment with drugs:

Answer 22

chemotherapy

Question 23

Radiation therapy using energy in the form of x-rays or gamma rays:

Answer 23

photon therapy

Question 24

Applying radiation to a tumor from a source outside the body:

Answer 24

external beam irradiation

Question 25

Wide resection involving removal of the tumor, its organ of origin, and all surrounding tissue in the body space:

Answer 25

exenteration

Question 26

Destruction of tissue by electric sparks generated by a high-frequency current:

Answer 26

fulguration

Question 27

Study using CT or MRI to map treatment before RT is given:

Answer 27

simulation

Question 28

Use of subfreezing temperature to destroy tissue:

Answer 28

cryosurgery

Question 29

Interleukins are examples of what kind of therapy?

Answer 29

biological therapy

Question 30

Fractionation is an example of what kind of:

Answer 30

radiation therapy