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Cancer Terms Vocab

Quiz by Abby Bennett

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  • Q1
    Cell in the skin and eyes that produces and contains the pigment called melanin.
    melanoma
    biopsy
    melanocyte
    cytotoxic
    30s
  • Q2
    Not cancerous; does not invade nearby tissue or spread to other parts of the body.
    mutation
    stage
    malignant
    benign
    30s
  • Q3
    Cancer of the cells that produce melanin.
    necrosis
    melanoma
    malignant
    stage
    30s
  • Q4
    A type of gene that makes a protein called a tumor-suppressor protein that helps control cell growth.
    precancerous
    penetrance
    tumor-suppressor gene
    hyperplasia
    30s
  • Q5
    Invisible rays that are part of the energy that comes from the sun
    carcinogen
    ultraviolet (UV) radiation
    penetrance
    invasion
    30s
  • Q6
    Removal of a sample of cells or tissue, which is then examined under a microscope or with other tests to check for cancer cells.
    mortality
    stage
    morbidity
    biopsy
    30s
  • Q7
    Skin pigment (substance that gives the skin its color)
    melatonin
    malignant
    melanin
    cytotoxic
    30s
  • Q8
    Cancerous; can invade nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the body.
    malignant
    mutation
    benign
    stage
    30s
  • Q9
    The spread of cancer from one part of the body to another.
    stage
    survival rate
    radon
    metastasis
    30s
  • Q10
    One of the variant forms of a gene at a particular locus, or location, on a chromosome.
    allele
    oncogene
    cell cycle
    tumor
    30s
  • Q11
    Term for a group of more than 100 diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control.
    cancer
    hyperplasia
    dysplasia
    tumor
    30s
  • Q12
    Death
    morbidity
    necrosis
    mortality
    cytotoxic
    30s
  • Q13
    Any substance that is known to cause cancer
    oncology
    carcinogen
    carcinogenesis
    oncogene
    30s
  • Q14
    Disease
    invasion
    mortality
    morbidity
    genetic
    30s
  • Q15
    Process by which normal cells are transformed into cancer cells.
    carcinogenesis
    carcinogen
    metastasis
    invasion
    30s

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