Cancer

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  1. 6. is caused by genetic changes in blood cells produced in bone marrow cells
  2. 7. what causes bladder cancer
  3. 9. Describes either a new primary cancer that develops after treatment for the first type of cancer, or cancer that has spread to other parts of the body from the place where it started
  4. 10. medication that have a specific destructive action on cancer cells
  5. 11. The study of cancer
  6. 14. genes that suppress cell growth hint _=space
  7. 18. A doctor who treats cancer and provides medical care for a person diagnosed with cancer
  8. 21. Refers to cells that have the potential to become cancerous
  9. 23. The basic units that make up the human body
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  1. 1. Cancer that has spread outside the layer of tissue in which it started and has the potential to grow into other tissues or parts of the body, also called infiltrating cancer hint _=space
  2. 2. The process of checking whether a person has a disease or has an increased chance of developing a disease when the person has no symptoms
  3. 3. Refers to a tumor that is not cancerous
  4. 4. abnormally low number of platelets in blood
  5. 5. can cause lung cancer
  6. 7. A cancer that develops in the tissues that support and connect the body, such as fat and muscle
  7. 8. Cancer that starts in skin or tissues that line the inside or cover the outside of internal organs
  8. 12. A mass formed when normal cells begin to change and grow uncontrollably. A tumor can be benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous, meaning it can spread to other parts of the body)
  9. 13. Describes the original cancer
  10. 15. The spread of cancer from the place where the cancer began to another part of the body
  11. 16. A growth of normal tissue that usually sticks out from the lining of an organ, such as the colon
  12. 17. A way of describing cancer, such as where it is located, whether or where it has spread, and whether it is affecting the functions of other organs in the body
  13. 19. A group of more than 100 different diseases that can begin almost anywhere in the body, characterized by abnormal cell growth and the ability to invade nearby tissues
  14. 20. Cancer that is confined to the area where it started and has not spread to other parts of the body hint _=space
  15. 22. The removal of a small amount of tissue for examination under a microscope