A | B |
BENIGN | Tumors that are not cancer |
MALIGNANT | Tumors that are cancer |
METASTASIZE | The spreading of cancer cells |
CARCINOMA | Cancer beginning in lining or an organ |
CANCER | Group of more than 100 different diseases |
ONCOLOGIST | Specialist in the treatment of cancer |
BIOPSY | Removal of a sample of tissue |
STAGING | Determining the extent the cancer has spread |
CHEMOTHERAPY | Treatment using anticancer drugs |
RADIATION THERAPY | Treatment using high energy rays |
HORMONE THERAPY | Stopping hormone production to starve the cancer |
SURGERY | Removal of tumor and surrounding tissue |
CLINICAL TRIALS | New treatments provided by researchers |
RISK FACTORS | Factors that increase possibility of getting cancer |
CARCINOGENS | Cancer-causing agents |
METASTASIS | Spread of cancer to other parts of body |
PATHOLOGIST | Doctor who studies cells and tissue |
TUMOR | Abnormal mass of tissue from excessive cell division |