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  1. 4. A foreign substance that causes the body’s immune system to respond by making antibodies. For example, the immune system responds to those that are part of bacteria and viruses to help people resist infections. Certain cancer cells have antigens that can be found by lab tests. These can help in diagnosing those cancers and in watching response to treatment. Other cancer cell antigens play a role in immune reactions that may help the body resist cancer.
  2. 6. The technique and process of imaging the interior of a body for clinical analysis and medical intervention.
  3. 8. Being able to walk or walking. Ambulatory care centers treat outpatients, that is, people who are not staying overnight in a hospital. Short procedures or treatments are often done in such centers.
  4. 12. In cancer surgery or biopsy, the tissue beyond the visible edge of the tumor or abnormal tissue that is removed along with the tumor or abnormality, in an effort to get all of the cancer.
  5. 13. When a cancer that was not detectable after treatment comes back. It may come back where it first started or in a different part of the body.
  6. 15. The likely course of a disease, including the chance for recovery or of the cancer coming back.
  7. 17. A special kind of care for people in the final phase of an incurable illness. It focuses on quality of life for people and their caregivers who are experiencing an advanced, life-limiting illness.
  8. 18. A piece of DNA that is passed on from parent to offspring. They have information on inherited traits such as hair color, eye color, and height, as well as susceptibility to certain diseases.
  9. 19. Not cancer; not malignant.
  10. 20. Cancer antigen 125; a protein that is measured in the blood through a Ca-125 test; elevated levels of this can indicate the presence of cancer.
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  1. 1. Any sort of lump or abnormal growth of tissue, which may or may not be cancer.
  2. 2. Cancer cells that spread from the primary site where they started to other parts of the body through the lymph system or bloodstream.
  3. 3. A protein made by immune system cells and released into the blood. They defend the body against foreign agents, such as bacteria and are produced in response to antigens (substances that cause the body’s immune system to respond in a specific way. Each once can only work to destroy one certain antigen.
  4. 5. The size of a cancer and if and where it has spread from the primary site. A clinical stage is based on results of the physical exam, biopsy and imaging tests. A pathologic stage is based on how the cells in the tissue samples from surgery or a biopsy look under a microscope.
  5. 7. A method of taking cross-section pictures of the inside of the body. Instead of using x-rays, it uses strong magnets to make images. The images appear on a computer screen as well as on film. It creates pictures of soft tissue parts of the body that are sometimes hard to see using other imaging tests.
  6. 9. A build-up of lymph fluid in the tissues just under the skin, causing swelling and discomfort. It most often affects the arms or legs, but can also develop in the face, neck, trunk, abdomen (belly), or genitals. This can occur when the lymph system is damaged by cancer treatment, infections, injury, or other problems.
  7. 10. An abnormal growth of tissue. They can be benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer).
  8. 11. Genes, proteins, hormones, or other substances that can be tested for to learn important details about a cancer. They may help find cancer, check how you are responding to treatment, or watch to see if a cancer that has come back (recurred).
  9. 14. Cancerous; dangerous or likely to cause death if untreated.
  10. 16. An area of body tissue that has been damaged by injury or disease, such as cancer.