CHAPTER 12 part 3

Question 1

known as the TELETHERAPY

Answer 1

external radiation

Question 2

in this therapy, the patient is not radioactive; the focus is px skin

Answer 2

external radiation

Question 3

in this therapy, the patient takes certain pills with radioactive nuclei

Answer 3

internal radiation

Question 4

agents used in attempt to destroy cancer

Answer 4

chemotherapy

Question 5

tumor markers: cervical cancer

Answer 5

CA 125

Question 6

tumor markers: breast cancer

Answer 6

CA 153

Question 7

tumor markers: billiary tract cancer

Answer 7

CA 199

Question 8

tumor markers: liver cancer

Answer 8

CA AFP

Question 9

TNM means

Answer 9

tumor nodes metastasis

Question 10

this genes ‘signals/regulates cell growth’; (+) regulator

Answer 10

oncogenes

Question 11

this types of genes STOP CELL GROWTH; (-) REGULATOR

Answer 11

tsg

Question 12

removal of entire tumor

Answer 12

excisional

Question 13

this word indicates REMOVAL OF BODY TISSUE

Answer 13

ablation

Question 14

cryo means

Answer 14

cold

Question 15

the giving of liquid nitrogen to freeze the tissue of a tumor

Answer 15

cryoablation

Question 16

leading/known complication of chemotherapy

Answer 16

extravasation

Question 17

comes from patient’s family member

Answer 17

allogenic

Question 18

comes from the patient itself

Answer 18

autologous

Question 19

comes from identical twin

Answer 19

syngeneic

Question 20

the major cause of MORBIDITY and MORTALITY in the allogeneic transplant population

Answer 20

graft versus host disease