What is the term for medications that use chemical means to treat disease?

The main cause of adult death in the United States is _______________.

Which medications are used to treat malignant neoplasms?

___________________ is a developmental process in which unspecified cells or tissues are modified to become various types of tissues.

The term that means the origin of cancer is ______________.

____________ tumors do not invade surrounding tissues or spread to distant sites.

_____________ cancers are localized and have not invaded the surrounding tissue.

______________ is a change in the structure and orientation of cells and is a characteristic of malignancy.

Tumors are named according to the _____________ they resemble most.

The malignancy ___________ system is based on the cells’ maturity or differentiation.

Cancer ______________ describes the exact location, size, and extent that the tumor has spread.

In ______________, cells are scraped from a region and examined.

Instead of excising tissue, sometimes a(n) ______________ biopsy is performed, in which a small amount of tissue is extracted from the tumor for study.

 ____________________ is an in vitro test that is used to determine the concentration of proteins in a patient’s blood.

A ____________________ uses a sensor to detect radioactive iodine in the thyroid gland.

Which is the skin cancer that is the most likely to spread?

____________________ is the primary treatment for cancer.

____________________ is an extensive surgical removal of a tumor, its origin, and all surrounding tissue.

Destroying tissue with subfreezing temperatures is _________________.

The goal of _________________ is to deliver a maximum dose of radiation to the tumor tissue and a minimal dose to the surrounding normal tissue.

A(n) _______________________ is used in radiology to accelerate subatomic particles to deliver supervoltage x-rays for radiotherapy.

___________________________ is a process whereby blood is withdrawn, white blood cells are removed, and the remaining blood is reinfused into the donor.

A ___________________________ is used to stimulate normal blood cell growth in specific types of leukemia.

A new cancer therapy that stimulates the body to fight off cancer with its own system is ______________________.

This variation of a CT scan uses a rotating camera and radioactive substances to create 3-D images and is useful to identify bone metastases.

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