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Chapter 19/20: Cancer Medicine (Oncology)/Radiology/Nuclear Medicine Flashcards

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Alveol/o

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Small sac

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Cac/o

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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

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Small glandular sacs

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Fung/I

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Fungus

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Medull/o

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Soft inner part

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Mucos/o

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Mucous membrane

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Mut/a

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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

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Many more

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Polyp/o

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Polyp

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Radi/o

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Rays

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SaRc/o

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Flesh, connective tissue

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Scirrh/o

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Hard

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Xer/o

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Dry

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-ary

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Pertaining to

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-blastoma

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Immature tumor

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-oid

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Resembling, origination from

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-oma

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Tumor, mass, fluid collection

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-plasia

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Formation, growth

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-plasm

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Formation, growth

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-ptosis

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Falling, drooping, prolapse

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-stasis

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Stopping, controlling, placing

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-stomia

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Condition of the mouth

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-suppression

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To stop

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-therapy

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Treatment

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-tion

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Process

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Ana-

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Backward

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Anti-

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Against

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Apo-

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Off, away

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Brachy-

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Short (distance)

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Dys-

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Painful, bad, difficult, abnormal

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Epi-

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Upon

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Hyper-

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Excessive

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Meta-

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Beyond, change

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Tele-

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Far

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Cancerous tumor composed of cells of epithelial origin

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Carcinoma

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Assisting primary treatment

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Adjuvant Treatment

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Detailed plan of treatment

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Protocol

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Study using CT scan or MRI to map treatment before radiation therapy

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Simulation

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Wide and complete resection of tumor in a cavity of the body

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Exenteration

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Cancerous tumor derived from connective (flesh) tissue

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Sarcoma

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Chemicals in the blood that measure the presence of tumor in the body

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Protein Markers

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General ill health and malnutrition associated with disease

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Cachexia

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Teletheraphy is also known as?

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External Beam Radiotherapy

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Insertion of radioactive seeds or sealed containers into tumor

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Brachytherapy

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Malignancy that is localized and not invasive

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Carcinoma in situ

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Cancerous tumor that has spread to the lymph nodes and other organs

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Metastasis

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Stopping the growth of cells in the bone marrow

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Myelosuppression

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Extraction of cells for microscopic (biopsy) evaluation

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Fine Needle Aspiration

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Ion/o

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Process

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Is/o

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Same

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Myel/o

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Bone marrow, spinal cord

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Pharmaceut/o

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Drug

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Radi/o

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X-rays

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Son/o

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Sound

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Therapeut/o

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Treatment

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Vitr/o

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Glass

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Viv/o

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Life

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-gram

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Record

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-Lucent

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To shine

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-opaque

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Obscure

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Echo-

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A repeated sound

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Ultra-

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Beyond

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