LOM Chapter 19
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Which term describes the spread of malignant tumors to a distant location? | Metastasis |
| Which is an example of a solid tumor derived from epithelial tissue? | Adenocarcinoma of the lung |
| Which is a description of a fungating tumor? | Mushrooming pattern of growth as tumor cells pile on top of each other |
| Which term includes sessile and pedunculated types of growths? | Polypoid |
| What term describes localized tumor growth? | Carcinoma in situ |
| Which is a description of scirrhous type tumors? | Hard, densely packed tumor cells |
| What does staging a tumor mean? | Assessing the extent of tumor spread |
| What does mutagenic mean? | Producing a change in the DNA of a cell |
| What does the notation T1N2M0 mean? | Tumor is present with palpable regional lymph nodes and no metastases |
| What is the difinition of a mutation? | Inheritable change in a cell |
| Which is a description of exenteration? | Wide resection of tumor and removal of surrounding tissue |
| What is the meaning of fulguration? | Destruction of tissue by eletric sparks |
| Which is an example of a know type of inherited cancer? | Retinoblastoma |
| What is a difinition of modality? | Method of treatment |
| Which is a definition of a radio-resistant tumor? | Tumor requires large doses of radiation to produce death of cells |
| Which is an example of genetic material that causes cancer? | Oncogenes |
| Which is a description of cauterization? | Treating tissue with heat |
| Which is a description of pharmacokinetics? | Study of the distribution and removal of drugs in the body |
| What term means assistanting or aiding? | Adjuvant |
| Which term is used in treatment of tumors with radiation? | Linear accelerator |
| Which is a description of an estrogen receptor assay? | Test the concentration of hormone receptor sites in cells of breast cancer patients |
| Which best describes a wide surgical incision of the abdomen to detect disease? | Staging laparotomy |
| What best describes interferon? | Biological response modifier |
| What term means return of symptoms of disease? | Relapse |
| Which term means cancerous tumor derived from bone? | Osteogenic sarcoma |
| A side effect of radiation therapy (redness of skin): | Erthema |
| A side effect of chemotherapy or radiotherapy (hair loss): | Alopecia |
| A side effect of radiation therapy to the lungs (abnormal growth of connective tissue): | Fibrosis |
| Hypoplasia of bone marrow: | Myelosuppression |
| Inflammation of the inner lining of an organ: | Mucositis |
| Loss of differentiation of cells and reverison to a more primitive cell type: | Anaplasia |
| Extending beyond the normal tissue boundaries: | infiltrative |
| Having the ability to enter and destroy surrounding tissue: | Invasive |
| Replication of cells; two identical cells are produced from a parent celll: | Mitosis |
| Spreading to a secondary site: | metastasis |
| cellular substance (ribonucleic acid) that is important in protein synthesis: | RNA |
| Infectious agent that reproduces by entering a host cell and using the host's genetic material to make copies of itself: | Virus |
| Rays given off by the sun: | Ultraviolet radiation |
| An agent (hydorcarbon, insecticide, hormone) that causes caner: | Chemical carcinogen |
| Genetic material within the nucleus that controls replication and protein synthesis: | DNA |
| Region of genetic material that causes cancer; found in tumor cells virus: | Oncogene |
| Change in the genetic material of a cell: | mutation |
| Energy carried by a stream of particles: | Radiation |
| Adenocarcinoma | Cancerous (malignant) tumor of glandular tissue flesh (connective tissue) tumor of bone malignant: |
| Osteosarcoma | Flesh (connective tissue) tumor of bone malignant |
| Benign | Noncancerous |
| Differentiation | Specialization of cells |
| Neoplasm | New formation (tumor) |
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