Cancer

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Across
  1. 5. describes the original cancer
  2. 7. growth of blood vessels to a solid tumor
  3. 9. doctor who treats cancer and provides medical care for a person diagnosed with cancer
  4. 13. sudden onset of symptoms or disease
  5. 14. loss of hair
  6. 15. procedure that creates pictures of internal body parts, tissues, or organs to make a diagnosis, plan treatment, find out whether treatment is working, or observe a disease over time
  7. 17. Not spreading, usually a more mild disease
  8. 18. A cancer that develops in the tissues
  9. 20. removal of a small section of the tumour, the sample will be analysed by a histopathologist in order to establish a precise diagnosis
  10. 23. cancer that starts in skin or tissues that line the inside or cover the outside of internal organs
  11. 25. doctor who specializes in interpreting laboratory tests and evaluating cells, tissues, and organs to diagnose disease
  12. 26. can be subclassified as either benign or malignant
  13. 28. is where normal cells go through physical changes in order to form the different specialised tissues of the body
  14. 32. where the symptoms of cancer are no longer present
  15. 33. cancer that has returned after a period during which the cancer could not be detected
  16. 34. refers to a disease or condition that persists, often slowly, over a long time.
  17. 39. is where tumour cells become resistant to chemotherapy
  18. 41. third stage where tumor cells compete with one another to survive
  19. 43. involves a mutation in the cell’s genetic structure
  20. 45. a type of protein made by certain white blood cells in response to a foreign substance
  21. 46. a tumor restricted to a single site
  22. 47. the basic units that make up the human body
  23. 48. it is where the patient is staged again after a period of treatment to access the response to therapy
  24. 49. Cancer that starts in the tissue of the breast
Down
  1. 1. a mass formed when normal cells begin to change and grow uncontrollably
  2. 2. important regulators of normal cell processes which promotes growth
  3. 3. a cancer of the lymphatic system
  4. 4. the transformed cells are stimulated to divide
  5. 6. Chance of recovery
  6. 8. A cancer of the blood
  7. 10. multistep process beginning with the rapid growth of the primary tumor
  8. 11. the soft, spongy tissue found in the center of large bones where blood cells are formed
  9. 12. Malfunction of genes that control differentiation and proliferation
  10. 14. abenign or malignant tumor made up of glandular tissue
  11. 16. development of own blood supply
  12. 19. orderly process that progresses from a state of immaturity to a state of maturity
  13. 21. reversion of cells to a more primitive form
  14. 22. where the disease is categorised as to how far it has spread
  15. 24. transformation of one differentiated cell to another differentiated type of cell
  16. 27. treatment that removes, blocks, or adds hormones to destroy or slow the growth of cancer cells
  17. 29. the red and white cells and platelets produced in the bone marrow that make up blood
  18. 30. describes the disease that results when cellular changes cause the uncontrolled growth and division of cells
  19. 31. used to evaluate abnormal cells based on the degree to which the cells resemble the tissue of origin
  20. 35. the study of cells relating to the disease
  21. 36. it is when the disease reoccurs after a period in remission
  22. 37. the removal of cancerous tissue from the body through an operation
  23. 38. refers to abnormal development of cells within tissues or organ
  24. 40. way of describing cancer, such as where it is located, whether or where it has spread
  25. 42. the study of cancer
  26. 44. where the tumor grows uncontrollably and may spread