Chapter 19/20: Cancer Medicine (Oncology)/Radiology/Nuclear Medicine Flashcards
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Alveol/o
A
Small sac
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Aden/o
A
Gland
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Cac/o
A
Bad
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Carcin/o
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Cancer, cancerous
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Cauter/o
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Burn, Heat
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Chem/o
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Chemical, drug
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Cry/o
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Cold
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Cyst/o
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Sac of fluid
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Fibr/o
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Fibers
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Follicul/o
A
Small glandular sacs
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Fung/I
A
Fungus
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Medull/o
A
Soft inner part
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Mucos/o
A
Mucous membrane
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Mut/a
A
Genetic change
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Mutagen/o
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Causing a genetic change
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Necr/o
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Death
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Neur/o
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Nerve
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Onc/o
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Tumor
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Papill/o
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Nipple like
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Pharmac/o
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Drug
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Plas/o
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Formation
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Ple/o
A
Many more
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Polyp/o
A
Polyp
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Radi/o
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Rays
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SaRc/o
Flesh, connective tissue
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Scirrh/o
Hard
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Xer/o
Dry
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-ary
Pertaining to
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-blastoma
Immature tumor
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-oid
Resembling, origination from
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-oma
Tumor, mass, fluid collection
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-plasia
Formation, growth
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-plasm
Formation, growth
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-ptosis
Falling, drooping, prolapse
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-stasis
Stopping, controlling, placing
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-stomia
Condition of the mouth
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-suppression
To stop
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-therapy
Treatment
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-tion
Process
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Ana-
Backward
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Anti-
Against
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Apo-
Off, away
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Brachy-
Short (distance)
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Dys-
Painful, bad, difficult, abnormal
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Epi-
Upon
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Hyper-
Excessive
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Meta-
Beyond, change
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Tele-
Far
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Cancerous tumor composed of cells of epithelial origin
Carcinoma
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Assisting primary treatment
Adjuvant Treatment
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Detailed plan of treatment
Protocol
51
Study using CT scan or MRI to map treatment before radiation therapy
Simulation
52
Wide and complete resection of tumor in a cavity of the body
Exenteration
53
Cancerous tumor derived from connective (flesh) tissue
Sarcoma
54
Chemicals in the blood that measure the presence of tumor in the body
Protein Markers
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General ill health and malnutrition associated with disease
Cachexia
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Teletheraphy is also known as?
External Beam Radiotherapy
57
Insertion of radioactive seeds or sealed containers into tumor
Brachytherapy
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Malignancy that is localized and not invasive
Carcinoma in situ
59
Cancerous tumor that has spread to the lymph nodes and other organs
Metastasis
60
Stopping the growth of cells in the bone marrow
Myelosuppression
61
Extraction of cells for microscopic (biopsy) evaluation
Fine Needle Aspiration
62
Ion/o
Process
63
Is/o
Same
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Myel/o
Bone marrow, spinal cord
65
Pharmaceut/o
Drug
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Radi/o
X-rays
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Son/o
Sound
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Therapeut/o
Treatment
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Vitr/o
Glass
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Viv/o
Life
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-gram
Record
72
-graphy
Process of recording
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-Lucent
To shine
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-opaque
Obscure
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Echo-
A repeated sound
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Ultra-
Beyond
