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