Exam 18: Oncology

Which classification system is used to detect cervical cancer?

A cell is the smallest,independently functioning structure in the body that can reproduce itself by division.

A ________ is done during surgery so that the surgeon knows immediately if the tissue is cancerous or not.

A surgical procedure that excises a tumor as well as all of the nearby organs is called an exenteration.

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

________ is a cancer that shows characteristic Reed-Sternberg cells on biopsy.

Which of the following statements about cancer cells is FALSE?

Receptor assays are cytology tests done for which type of cancer?

A retinoblastoma is an embryonal cancerous tumor of the ________ that occurs in young children.

Cryosurgery uses liquid nitrogen to ________ and destroy abnormal tissue.

CAUTION is the acronym for the warning signs for some common cancers.

A karyotype is ________.

What is the TNM system and what is it used for?

Which is a nuclear medicine procedure that uses a radioactive tracer that collects in particular organs or tissues?

Describe the significance of the HER2/neu cytology test.

The combining form ne/o- means ________.

When a CT scan is used to pinpoint the location of a mass and guide the biopsy needle,the procedure is called a stereotactic biopsy.

If a cancerous cell is not destroyed by the p53 gene,describe at least one of the three ways that the body can destroy it to prevent it from developing into a cancerous tumor.

A Wilms' tumor,or nephroblastoma,is an embryonal cell cancer of young children that affects the ________.

A ________ is the smallest,independently functioning structure in the body that can reproduce itself by division.