Level 3 Basic Terminology of Oncology

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Across
  1. 5. new growth or tumour
  2. 9. study of tumours
  3. 10. when treatment has controlled the cancer but may not have cured it
  4. 11. tumour of a gland
  5. 12. cancer of the white blood cells
  6. 16. ----------- therapy - cancer treatment where chemotherapy drugs are administered before surgery
  7. 19. treatment by radiation to destroy tumours
  8. 20. swelling caused by lymph fluid build up in the body
  9. 22. hair loss which can be caused by chemotherapy
  10. 25. cancer arising in bone, cartilage, muscle or fat
  11. 28. cancerous, abnormal malignant cells growing in the body
  12. 29. ------ markers - proteins found in the blood which can diagnose cancer or if treatment is working
  13. 31. abnormal cells without regular nucleus (malignant)
  14. 32. --------- cancer - when the primary cancer has spread to another part of the body
  15. 33. therapy to help the immune system recognise and attack cancer cells
Down
  1. 1. spread of cancer to another part of the body
  2. 2. advanced cancer likely to result in death
  3. 3. type of skin cancer
  4. 4. harmless – will not spread
  5. 6. area of tissue surrounding a tumour, often removed along with tumour
  6. 7. therapy which focusses on certain genes and proteins inside cancer cells
  7. 8. therapy treatment to change the amount or actions of hormones in the body to slow down growth of cancer cells
  8. 13. removal of tissue to determine if cancerous (tissue sent to histology)
  9. 14. treatment to relieve symptoms but will not cure
  10. 15. type of cancer that starts in the bone marrow
  11. 17. tumour of the lymph nodes/tissue
  12. 18. harmful tumour – likely to spread
  13. 21. Scan Positron Emission Tomography Scan - produces 3D image to determine if cancer has spread
  14. 23. ------- cancer that starts in one area of the body
  15. 24. use of anticancer drugs (cytotoxic drugs) to destroy cancer cells
  16. 26. a mass formed when cells grow and change uncontrollably - may be malignant or benign
  17. 27. a substance which can cause cancer such as radiation
  18. 30. the study of cells to determine if diseased