Chapter 20 Cancer and Drug therapy Flashcards
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cancer
a group of diseases characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells
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monoclonal
cells originating from a single cell
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oncogene
a gene that promotes cancer formation
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tumor suppressor gene
downregulates or turns off the production of cancer cells
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tumor burden
refers to the number of cancer cells in a tumor or the size of the tumor tissue
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cell kill hypothesis
a theory that chemotherapy will only kill a certain percentage of cancer cells and not all cancer cells
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metastasis
the spreading of a tumor from its primary site to other parts of the body
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radiation therapy
involves the use of external beam radiation delivered from a machine outside the body to the site of a tumor
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immunotherapy
a type of cancer treatment that uses medications to stimulate the immune system to stop or slow the growth of cancer cells
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neoadjuvant chemotherapy
the administration of therapeutic agents before surgery
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primary chemotherapy
the initial treatment of cancer with chemotherapy with curative intent
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adjuvant chemotherapy
refers to the treatment of residual cancer cells after removal or reduction of a tumor by surgery
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palliative chemotherapy
given for cancer that is not curable
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cytotoxic drug
a drug that is toxic to or kills the cell
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monoclonal antibody
an antibody that has been developed from a single type of immune cell that was cloned from a parent cell
