Cancer Terminology

3. An abnormal increase in the size of cells and tissues
5. The smaller of the two systems through which cancer cells might travel to other tissues
8. The broad term used to describe all cancers originating from bone marrow plasma cells
10. A decrease in cell and/or tissue size
11. The broad term used to describe all cancers originating from connective tissues such as bone, tendon, cartilage, muscle or fat
12. Conversion of one cell type to another
14. A term used to describe a tumour with the potential to invade local tissues and metastisize
15. A cancerous tumour which has broken through the basement membrane
18. A term describing a new, autonomous growth of cells
19. A generic term derived from the Latin word meaning 'crab' used to describe this medical condition

1. The broad term used to describe all cancers originating in the lymphatic glands/nodes
2. An abnormal increase in the number of cells of a tissue
4. An abnormal decrease in the number of cells of a tissue
6. A swelling or mass with no cellular structure and no known physiological purpose
7. An ambiguous term used to describe the presence of abnormal cells within a tissue or organ, or a change in the phenotype of the tissue
9. The broad term used to describe all cancers of the blood
13. A term used to describe a tumour which will not invade surrounding tissues or metastasize
16. The larger of the two systems through which cancer cells might travel to other tissues
17. A cancerous tumour which has not yet broken through the basement membrane
20. The broad term used to describe all cancers originating from epithelial tissues (these account for 80-90% of total cancers)