Exam 19: Oncology

The medical term ________ means the inability to open the mouth fully.

________ is a tumor of the arachnoid layer of the brain.

________ is another term meaning invasive.

A cancerous tumor of the uterus is known as a:

What are some of the differences between benign and malignant neoplasms?

The least differentiated tumor is classified as grade:

The meaning of the abbreviation NHL is ________.

All of the following are ways that malignant cells spread to body parts except:

________ is the process in which cancer cells are spread from a primary site to a distant secondary site elsewhere in the body.

The failure of immature cells to develop specialized functions is called differentiation.

Cancer is a Latin term that means lobster.

In the term palliative,the root palliat means :

Neoplasms are commonly called ________.

Write the correct meaning for TNM:

The suffix -oid means :

Write the correct meaning for BSE:

A cancerous tumor arising from a glandular organ is a/an:

Stimulation of the body's immune system is known as immunotherapy.

Write the correct abbreviation for computed tomography:

Stages of breast cancer indicate the ________ of a tumor.