Knowledge Check 5

symptomatic relief treatment

Palliative Therapy

high energy waves to shrink tumor

Radiation Therapy

biological response modifier drugs used to stimulate the body's immune system to fight cancer

Interferons

non-cancerous

Benign

angiogenesis inhibitor

Bevacizumab

manipulate immune system to fight cancer

Biological response modifier therapy

asexual cellular reproduction

Mitosis

eukaryotic cells

Human cells

Signal transduction inhibitor

Imatinib

monoclonal antibody

Trastuzumab

mitotic inhibitor

Vinblastine

precision cancer treatment

Targeted Therapy

cervical cancer

The Gardasil vaccine can help prevent..

False

The environmental causes of cancer can always be traced

hair loss and a common side effect of cancer treatment

alopecia

The foundational cause of cancerous cells

generic alterations

malignant bone tumor

liposarcoma

prokaryotic cells

Bacteria

carcinogenic (cancer-causing) agents

Asbestos and many household cleaning products represent potentially..

sexual cellular reproduction

Meiosis

cell death

Apoptosis

powerful cancer medications

Chemotherapy

colony stimulating factors

Erythropoietin

swelling caused by excess blood

Hematoma

Antimetabolite

Methotrexate

benign fatty tumor

Lipoma

cancerous

Malignant

benign bone tumor

Osteoma

cancerous bone tumor

Osteosarcoma

used to treat metastatic prostate cancer

Provenge vaccine

it is a small tumor that has not spread

The tumor was given a T1, NO, MO staging meaning..