G12- Cancer Vocab Quiz

If you get a cancer diagnosis and it is a type of cancer linked to melanocytes you are diagnosed with?

• Basal Line Skin Cancer

• Colon Cancer

• Melanoma

• Lung Cancer

If a persons cancer has spread from their original site to another part of their body it is called

• Benign

• Metastasis

• Invasive

• Oncogene

A type of cancer in the white blood cells

• Malignant

• Tumor

• Leukemia

• Metastasis

A large collection of cells dividing uncontrollably.

• Tumor

• Lymph Node

• Leukocyte

• Benign

When cancer is considered benign and has not moved away from the original site.

• Malignant

• In-Situ

• Benign

• Localized

The doctor who identifies and classifies your disease is called a?

• Cancer Specialist

• Oncologist

• Pathologist

• Radiologist

Cancer that generally starts in the epithelial tissues, common in the liver and kidneys.

• Carcinogen

• Carcinoma

• Malignant

• Oncogene

The use of drugs to kill cancerous cells. Can cause hair loss and a lowered immune system.

• Hormonal Treatment

• Radiation

• Chemotherapy

• Cure

These are sets of genetic instructions in cells which can lead to the development of cancerous cells.

• Oncogenes

• Carcinoma

• Leukemia

• Malignant

Which one of the following is a prognosis?

• The patient it diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer.

• The patient need to start radiation therapy.

• The patient is expected to have a 40% chance that their cancer will not return.

• The patient is being referred to an oncologist.