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- 4. Therapy Treatment that stimulates the body’s immune defense system to fight infection and disease. Also called immunotherapy or immune therapy.
- 7. Condition of localized fluid build up causing swelling. This is most commonly a result of damage to lymph vessels.
- 11. A medicine to prevent or treat nausea or vomiting.
- 12. A treatment method used in addition to the primary therapy. Chemotherapy and Radiation therapy are often used as an adjuvant to surgery.
- 13. The removal of a sample of tissue that is examined under a microscope to see if cancer cells are present.
- 15. Treatment that stimulates the body’s immune defense system to fight infection and disease. Also called biologic therapy or immunotherapy.
- 16. How susceptible a cell, cancerous or healthy, is to radiation. Cells that divide frequently are especially radiosensitive and are more affected by radiation.
- 18. Internal radiation treatment achieved by implanting radioactive material directly into the tumor or close to it. Sometimes called internal radiation therapy.
- 20. A decrease in the number of platelets in the blood that may result in easy bruising and excessive bleeding from wounds or bleeding in mucous membranes and other tissues.
- 21. Cancerous.
- 22. A person trained to ensure that the radiation machine delivers the right amount of radiation to the treatment site. Assists the radiation oncologist and dosimetrist in the design, planning, and calculation of the proper dose for radiation treatment.
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- 1. Chemicals made by glands in the body. Hormones circulate in the bloodstream and control the actions of certain cells or organs.
- 2. When cells do not respond easily to radiation.
- 3. A doctor who is specially trained in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and who specializes in the use of chemotherapy and other drugs to treat cancer.
- 5. Hair loss.
- 6. A problem of extreme tiredness and inability to function due lack of energy.
- 8. An implanted device through which blood may be drawn and drugs may be given without repeated needle sticks.
- 9. The spread of cancer cells to distant areas of the body by the way of the lymph system or bloodstream.
- 10. A person with special training to work the equipment that delivers the radiation.
- 14. An abnormal decrease in the number of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell.
- 17. Frequent bowel movements that may be soft, loose, or watery.
- 19. An artificial replacement of a part of the body.