Intro to Cancer
Across
- 2. fundamental unit of heredity
- 5. medical doctor who specializes in diagnosing diseases
- 6. deadliest skin cancer
- 8. supportive cells and stroma
- 9. treatment that uses high-energy rays or particles to kill cancer cells
- 11. Programmed cell death protein 1
- 12. small tissue sample for diagnosis
- 14. uncontrolled cell growth
- 15. cancer spreads to other parts of the body
- 18. cancer that develops in the glandular cells of the body
- 19. non-cancerous tumor that does not spread
Down
- 1. mutated gene that has the potential to cause cancer
- 3. pancreatic cancer
- 4. treatment that uses drugs to kill cancer cells
- 7. Changes in gene sequences can alter protein production
- 10. houses the cell's genetic material
- 13. surgery
- 16. regulatory t cell
- 17. extent or severity of a cancer