Medical terminology CH. 14

noncancerous tumors are described as being benign, whereas cancerous tumors are described as being

malignant

the term that means mass that arises from normal tissue is

neoplasm

What means the development of cancer?

Carcinogenesis

dysplasia refers to ? cell growth

abnormal

The combining forms in the terms mammography and mastectomy both refer to the

breast

chemotherapy refers to treatment with what ?

drugs

an adenocarcinoma is a type of ? tissue cancer.

epithelial

The term fro assigning a clinical value to a malignant tumor's degree of anaplasia is

grading

The term remission means that the cancer has

partly or totally disappeared

PSA stands for _____ - specific antigen

prostate

the prefix brachy- in brachytherapy refers to the ? distance that radiation needs to travel to destroy the tumor.

short

The term metastatic means that the cancer has

spread

a system that describes the extent of metastasis is

staging

What is the purpose of palliative treatment?

to make the patient comfortable