Exam 18: Oncology

The combining form aden/o- means ________.

A sometimes benign,sometimes malignant tumor of the ovary that contains hair and teeth is known as a ________.

Which medical procedure involves the insertion of a catheter into the bladder for administration of chemotherapy drugs?

What is the difference between adenocarcinoma and carcinoma?

Cancer of the white blood cells is known as ________.

________ is the study of the anatomy and physiology of cancer cells,including diagnostic tests,various treatments,and drugs.

An example of brachytherapy would be ________.

An incisional biopsy is a procedure to expose the suspected cancer and remove the entire tumor along with a surrounding margin of normal tissue.

Which is a medical procedure that uses electrical current to remove small cancerous tumors on the skin?

Which of the following describes a cancer of the epithelial cells lining the duct of the gallbladder?

The primary accented syllable in the pronunciation of the medical word carcinogen (kar-sin-oh-jen)is ________.

________ carcinoma is cancer of the mucous membranes lining the bronchi of the lungs.

Which is a cancer of a plasma cell?

The combining form hered/o- means ________.

A neoplasm is always a malignant tumor.

The combining form gen/o- means ________.

Suppressor genes stimulate mitosis and keep each cell from dividing excessively.

An astrocytoma is a type of cancer found in the ________.

The suffix -oma means ________.

Which blood test can point to cancer of the prostate gland?