Across
- 4. diabetes in which the body can not effectively use insulin
- 5. condition prevents body from properly converting food to energy
- 8. a condition in which airways narrow and breathing difficult
- 12. made in pancreas, regulates blood glucose/sugar
- 13. treatment that uses x-rays to kill cancer cells
- 15. the return of cancer after a period of remission
- 17. disease that can not be spread to others through pathogens
- 19. an extreme sensitivity to an otherwise harmless substance
- 20. condition in which blood flow to part of heart is blocked
- 21. another word for high blood pressure
- 22. a substance known to cause cancer, such as asbestos
- 23. diabetes usually begins in childhood, pancreas stops working
Down
- 1. removal of a sample of tissue to be tested for cancer
- 2. word that will help you recognize the warning signs of cancer
- 3. tumors that are not cancerous
- 6. a substance that causes allergy symptoms
- 7. condition in which blood flow to brain is blocked
- 9. tumors that contain cancer cells
- 10. removal of cancer cells from the body
- 11. characteristics that increase likelihood of developing disease
- 14. a mass of abnormal cells
- 16. the use of powerful medicine to destroy cancer
- 18. when cancer signs and symptoms disappear