Across
- 2. Term used to refer to many diseases that share similar characteristics especially the unregulated ability to spread to other parts of the body
- 3. Ability of cancer cells to travel to distant sites and form new tumors
- 7. Increase in the number and density of normal cells
- 10. Process that ensures the death of a cell
- 11. Most common childhood cancer
- 12. The term cancer refers to ______ tumors
- 14. Cancers are classified according to the tissues or cells from which it ______
Down
- 1. Leading preventable cause of disease and death in the United States
- 4. Two significant ______ factors in cancer development are age and genetics
- 5. ______ spread refers to rapid tumor cell spread to local or distant lymph nodes via lymphatic drainage
- 6. Barriers to care can lead to poor ______
- 8. Carry out the bulk of cellular functions
- 9. Most common type of cancer in women
- 13. Cytotoxic T cells and ______ cells are primary defenders against tumor cells