Across
- 1. The use of drugs that stimulate the body's own immune system to attack cancer cells
- 3. Refers to when cancer cells don't respond to medicine or treatment
- 4. A cancerous tumor that originates in the kidneys
- 9. Cancer of the part of the immune system
- 10. The use of drugs to attack cancer and reduce the rate at which cancer cells reproduce
- 11. An x-ray of the breast
- 13. A doctor who treats patients who have cancer
- 15. A cancer that starts in cells called lymphocytes
- 18. A type of liver cancer
- 19. removal of a small piece of tissue for diagnostic purposes
- 20. Large, unusual cells that are a sign of Hodgkin disease
- 21. Type of cancer treatment that uses beams of intense energy to kill cancer cells
- 23. A malignant tumor of the eye that usually appears in the first 3 years of life
- 25. When cancer symptoms disappear or are significantly reduced
- 26. An uncommon but extremely serious form of skin cancer
- 27. A kind of tumor that develops in breast cells
- 28. Abnormal body cells grouped together in a mass or lump
- 30. A substance or agent that causes cancer
Down
- 2. A doctor who specializes in using radiation to kill cancer cells
- 5. Found on one side of the body
- 6. A cancer in which the lymph cells multiply uncontrollably, comes in two types Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkins
- 7. A procedure in which cells are removed from the cervix and examined for signs of cancer
- 8. A mass of cells that grow more rapidly than normal cells but more slowly than most cancer cells and do not spread to other areas of the body
- 12. A mass of cancer cells
- 14. A procedure that involves replacing unhealthy bone marrow with healthy bone marrow cells from a donor
- 16. The spread of cancer from where it first develops to other parts of the body
- 17. The reappearance of cancer after it has been treated
- 22. Found on both sides of the body; cancer found in paired organs
- 24. A cancer of the blood-forming tissues in the bone marrow
- 29. A tumor that grows in the body's connective tissue, like muscle, cartilage, or bone
