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What is necrotic?
Containing dead tissue
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What is a extensional biopsy?
A removal of a tumor and a margin of normal tissue
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What are non cancerous tumors called?
Benign tumors
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What is DES ?
diethylstilbestrol
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What is immunohistochemistry ?
Localizing antigens or proteins or tissues using labeled color or fluorescent antibodies
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What is ulcerating?
characterized by an open, exposed surface resulting from the death of overlying tissue
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What is cryosurgery?
Use of subfreezing temperature to destroy tissue
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What is a detailed plan for treatment of an illness?
protocol
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What is XRT?
Radiation therapy
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What is radionuclide scans ?
Radioactive substances are injected intravenously and scans of organs are contained
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What is Fungating ?
Mushrooming pattern of growth in which tumor cells pile one on top of the other and project from the tissues surface
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What is it called when tissue is destroyed by electric sparks?
fulguration
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What is it called when there are pieces of DNA that infect a normal cell
viral oncogenes
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What is HER2-neu ?
growth factor gene highly activated in cells of certain types of breat cancer
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What is cytogenetic analysis ?
chromosomes of normal or tumor cells that are examined for breaks. translocation, or deletions of DNA
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What is Infectious agent that reproduces by entering a host cell and uses the host genetic material to make copies of itself
virus
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What is a two types of surgical procedures to treat cancer?
bloc resection and cauterization
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What is use of drugs to attack specific targets that drive cancer cell growth
molecularly targeted therapy
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What is IGRG
intensely modulated radiation therapy
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What is exfoliative cytology ?
cells are scraped from the region of suspected disease and are examined under the microscope
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What is energy carried by a stream particles from a radius active source; can be carcinogenic
Ionizing radiation
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What is drugs given before primary therapy to reduce a tumor's size
neoadjuvent chemotherapy
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What is partial or complete disappearance of symptoms of disease
remission
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What is VEGF?
Vascular endothelial growth factor
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What is core needle biopsy?
insertion of a large-bore needle into tissue to remove a core of cells for micro examination
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