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