Cancer Terms

Cancer that has remained within the tissue in which it originated.

• in situ cancer
• malignant
• benign
• metatasis

Probable outcome or course of a disease, the chance of recovery or recurrence.

• prognosis
• risk factor
• remission
• lifetime risk

A growth that protrudes from a mucous membrane, such as the colon.

• melanin
• polyp
• tumor
• biopsy

Abnormal mass of tissue that results when cells divide more than they should or do not die when they should.

• polyp
• tumor
• melanin
• biopsy

Male sex hormone

• estrogen
• progesterone
• testosterone
• melanin

Something that increases the chance of developing a disease.

• morbidity
• palliative treatment
• lifetime risk
• risk factor

Doctor who specializes in treating cancer.

• Oncologist
• Epidemiologist
• Dermatologist
• Neurologist

Probability that a person, over the course of a lifetime, will develop a type of cancer.

• lifetime risk
• risk factor
• mortality
• morbidity

Cancerous, can invade nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the body.

• malignant
• benign
• metatasis
• melanin

The spread of cancer from one part of the body to another.

• mortality
• malignant
• metatasis
• morbidity