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