Across
- 4. Syndrome with fibrous skin nodules in German Shepherds
- 6. Type of mutation where chromosome arms swap abnormally
- 8. Immune cells involved in tumor immunosurveillance
- 11. General term for abnormal but non-neoplastic tissue growth
- 13. Tumor that arises from bone tissue
- 17. Protein that stimulates blood vessel growth (hint: VEGF)
- 20. Paraneoplastic condition causing low blood sugar
- 22. Process where tumors release substances to weaken the immune system
- 24. Loss of cellular differentiation in tumors
- 25. Cancer development caused by environmental agents
Down
- 1. Process by which tumors enter blood or lymph vessels
- 2. Tumor cell movement through the extracellular matrix
- 3. Tumor spread across body cavities
- 5. Spread of tumors to distant sites
- 7. Benign tumor of fat cells
- 9. Formation of new blood vessels in tumors
- 10. Tumor cells leaving a blood or lymph vessel
- 12. Gene family re-expressed in tumors, originally embryonic
- 14. Tumor staging system acronym
- 15. Blood vessels formed by tumors are often this (not organized)
- 16. Mutation type involving insertion or removal of DNA segments
- 18. Normal tissue in an abnormal location
- 19. Malignant tumor of epithelial origin
- 21. Dominant inherited mutation that causes cancer
- 23. Tumor suppressor gene known as the "guardian of the genome"