Increase Your Awareness: Breast Cancer

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Across
  1. 2. The study and treatment of tumors
  2. 6. The extent of the cancer based on the size of the tumor and spread of the cancer.
  3. 7. What the doctor identifies the disease based on signs and symptoms.
  4. 11. Recurring over a long period of time.
  5. 12. A silicone shell filled with either saline or silicone gel used in reconstructive breast surgery.
  6. 14. The surgical removal of a lump from the breast.
  7. 18. A sample removal of abnormal tissue to be microscopically examined for cancer.
  8. 19. A prediction of the outcome of a disease
  9. 20. Someone who uses x-rays, MRI’s, ultrasounds, etc. to aid in diagnosis.
  10. 21. Complete or partial disappearance of the signs and symptoms of disease.
  11. 23. A protein produced by the immune system to fight off a foreign substance like a toxin, virus, bacteria, etc.
Down
  1. 1. A treatment for cancer that works by killing rapidly reproducing cells, but also has negative effects on normal cells.
  2. 3. A test to check the presence or absence of a mass with the use of sound waves.
  3. 4. A disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells.
  4. 5. Means not cancerous.
  5. 8. A doctor that specializes in treatment of cancer.
  6. 9. Breast cancer awareness month.
  7. 10. A x-ray of the breast.
  8. 13. Fluid filled sac you might find on the ovaries.
  9. 15. The color of breast cancer awareness.
  10. 16. An abnormal mass of tissue that can be benign or malignant.
  11. 17. The surgical removal of the breast.
  12. 22. The spreading of cancer beyond the initial site of the cancer.