Unit 37.txt

• 1) Incisional
• 2) Excisional
• 3) Fine Needle Aspiration

Term for a disease in which abnormal cells divide beyond control.

Treatments that may include dietary supplements, herbal preparations, acupuncture, massage, magnet therapy, meditation

Diagnostic test to examine the colon an rectum in which an individual is administered a barium enema and then radiographs are taken

Surgical procedure in which an entire lump or suspicious-looking tissue is removed for diagnosis

Radiation therapy that uses a machine to a high-energy rays at the cancer

Test to check for blood in stool

• Procedure in which radioactive material is sealed in needles, seeds, wires or catheters and placed directly in or near tumour
• Aka Brachytherapy

• Type of high-frequency radiation produced by x-rays.
• Carcinogenic

Cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow

Form of skin cancer that arises in melanocytes, pigment producing cells

Tumours

Growth that protrudes from a mucous membrane

Use of high-energy radiation from x-rays, gamma rays and neutrons to kill cancer cells and shrink tumours

Radioactive gas that if inhaled can lead to lung cancer

Computer image of organs by an ultrasound

Extent of cancer based on tumour size, lymph node contamination and spread

Type of cell from which other types of cells develop

Procedure used to replace cells that were destroyed by cancer treatment

Substance sometimes found in the blood, body fluids or tissue that may signal the present of certain cancer types.

• 1) Age
• 2) Tabacco
• 3) Ionzing Radiation & Sun
• 4) Hazardous Chemicals & Enviro Pollutants
• 5) Bacterial/Viral Infection
• 6) Hormone Therapy
• 7) Family History
• 8) Alcoholism
• 9) Diet, Inactivity and Obesity

• A - asymmetry
• B - border
• C - color
• D - diameter
• E - elevation

• 1) Type of Cancer
• 2) Stage of Cancer
• 3) Tolerance for ADRs
• 4) Age
• 5) Grade of the primary tumor
• 6) Capacity of the Cancer to Metatasize

"-trozole"

"-taxel"

"-rubicin"

"-poside" & "-tecan"

"-platin"

• 1) Primary Site only
• 2) Primary Region
• 3) Spread to other Regions
• 4) Spread to Lymph Nodes

• 1) Surgery of Cancer Site
• 2) Surgery+Minimal Therapy
• 3) Surgery+Heavy Therapies
• 4) Pallative Care

Chemotherapy done after surgery to irradicate any leftover cancerous cells

Hormone Therapy

• 1) Antiestrogens
• 2) Estrogen Downregulators
• 3) Aromatase Imhibitors
• 4) Progestins
• 5) GnRH / LHRH

"vin-"

Fluoropyrimidines

• 1) Colotectal Cancers
• 2) Leukemia
• 3) Gastric Cancers
• 4) Basal Cell Carcinoma
• 5) Lung Cancer
• 6) Ovarian Cancer
• 7) Pamcreatic Cancer

• 1) Breast Cancer
• 2) Hodgkin's disease,
• 3) Non-Hodgkin's
• 4) Acute Lymphocytic Leuk.
• 5) Ovarian Cancer
• 6) Multiple Myeloma
• 7) Retinoblastoma

Treats Breast Cancer

• 1) Lung Cancer
• 2) Breast Cancer
• 3) Kaposi's Sarcoma
• 4) Hodgkin's/non Disease
• 5) Testicular Cancer

• 1) Breast Cancer
• 2) Bladder Cancer
• 3) Lung Cancer
• 4) Hogkin's
• 5) Leukemia
• 6) Gastric Cancer
• 7) Ovarian Cancer
• 8) Thyroid Cancer
• 9) Multiple Myelome
• 10) Sarcoma

Treats Metastatic Breast Cancer

• 1) Lung Cancer
• 2) Breast Cancer
• 3) Bladder Cancer
• 4) Leukemia/Lymphoma
• 5) Rheumatoid Arthritis

Treats Testicular and Ovarian Cancers

• 1) Testicular Cancer
• 2) Lung Cancer
• 3) Leukemia
• 4) Ovarian Cancer
• 5) Cervical Cancer
• 6) Colorectal Cancer

• 1) Reproduction Cancers
• 2) Hodgkin's Disease
• 3) Head & Neck Cancers

• 1) Gastric Cancers
• 2) Pancreatic Cancer

• 1) Head & Neck Cancers
• 2) Ovarian Cancer
• 3) Leukemia
• 4) Sickle Cell Anemia