Cancer Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 5. The technique and process of creating visual representations of the interior of a body for clinical analysis and medical intervention
  2. 8. A group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body
  3. 10. Cancer-causing genes that allow cells to reproduce in a rapid, uncontrolled manner
  4. 11. A new and abnormal growth of tissue in some part of the body
  5. 12. An X-Ray picture of the breast
  6. 15. The most common type of life-threatening cancer of which cigarette smoking is the leading cause
  7. 16. The condition of being grossly fat or overweight
  8. 17. Cancer cells that grow more rapidly than normal cells but more slowly than other cancer cells
  9. 20. Cancer that starts in the lymphatic system; difference in how the disease spreads where tumors are found, and symptoms experienced by individuals
  10. 22. An uncommon but extremely serious form of skin cancer
  11. 23. Any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure
  12. 26. A swelling of a part of the body, generally without inflammation, caused by an abnormal growth of tissue, whether benign or malignant
  13. 28. The use of high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells, can slow or stop the spread of cancer
  14. 29. The treatment of injuries or disorders of the body and removal of cancerous tumors by incision or manipulation, especially with instruments
  15. 30. The spread of cancer from where it first develops to other parts of the body
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  1. 1. Cancer cells that grow out into and destroy surrounding tissues
  2. 2. A cancer in which the lymph cells multiply uncontrollably
  3. 3. CAUTION
  4. 4. A cancer of the blood-forming tissues in the bone marrow
  5. 6. The kinds of food that a person habitually eats
  6. 7. Uses drugs to attack cancers
  7. 9. Cancer of the part of the immune system called the lymphatic system
  8. 13. Asymmetry, Boarder, Color, Diameter, Elevation
  9. 14. A physician who interprets and diagnoses the changes caused by disease in tissues and body fluids
  10. 18. Drugs are used to stimulate the body’s own immune system to attack cancer cells
  11. 19. The removal of a small piece of tissue for diagnostic purposes
  12. 21. A procedure in which a physician removes a tiny amount of tissue from the area around the cervix to detect cervical cancer
  13. 24. The process of infecting or the state of being infected
  14. 25. A preparation of the nicotine-rich leaves of an American plant, which are cured by a process of drying and fermentation for smoking or chewing
  15. 27. A substance or agent that causes cancer