Cancer Terms

3. probability that a person, over the course of a lifetime, will develop a type of cancer; slightly higher in males
4. or cancer describes an abnormal growth that does not leave the tissue it started growing in
8. uncontrolled division of abnormal cells
9. comparison of cancer risk between two groups
11. a malignant growth that grows into neighboring tissues
13. a malignant or benign growth that grows in a solid mass or in the blood
15. an area of damaged, abnormal tissue
16. new formation of cells, may be malignant or benign

1. describes abnormal cells that can invade and destroy nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the body.
2. a non-invasive abnormal growth
5. The spread of malignant cancer cells from the place where they first formed to another part of the
6. slight change in the look of cells or tissues, abnormal features, second step toward cancer
7. Greek for cancer, term coined by Hippocrates
10. increase in number of cells, first step toward cancer
12. loss of structure in cell or tissue, looks very different than normal cells, third step toward cancer
14. a benign or malignant growth that grows in a solid mass