Oncology

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The study of the prevention, causes, and treatment of tumors and cancer

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oncology

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*abnormal growth of body tissue
* the manipulation of cells is uncontrolled, abnormal, rapid, and progressive

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Tumor

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Means not life threatening (not a form of cancer

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Benign

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A form of cancer, capable of spreading

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Malignant Tumor

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Class for disease characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these cells to invade other tissues

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Cancer

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Metastasize

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means to spread from one place to another

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Metastasis

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the process by which cancer is spread to a new site

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• a malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue
• epithelial tissue forms the protective covering for all internal and external surfaces of the body

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Carcinomas

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A malignant tumor that arises from connective tissues

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Sarcoma

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General term applied to malignancies affecting lymphatic tissues

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Lymphoma

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Cancer of the immune system distinguished by the presence of a large, cancerous lymphocytes

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Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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More common, refers to all lymphomas other than Hodgkin’s

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Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma