cancer
Cells multiplying uncontrollably
Cancer refers to a group of diseases in which abnormal cells grow uncontrollably and can spread to other parts of the body.
The word extends to anything that spreads destructively: Corruption is a cancer eating away at the institution.
Someone's cancer is their particular case of the disease: Her cancer went into remission. (Capitalized Cancer is the zodiac sign.)
Basic unit of life
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
- metastasisCancer spreading beyond origin
- angiogenesisFormation of new vessels
proliferation · malignancy · benign · invasive · dysplasia · hyperplasia · apoptosis · tumor suppressor
Abnormal tissue mass
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- metastasisCancer spreading beyond origin
- oncologistPhysician specializing in tumors
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
radiation · remission · prognosis · immunotherapy · palliative · diagnosis · staging · screening
Malignancy of blood-forming tissues
- lymphomaCancer from immune cells
- sarcomaConnective tissue cancer
- melanomaAggressive pigment-cell cancer
- adenocarcinomaGlandular tissue malignancy
cell
Basic unit of life
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
- metastasisCancer spreading beyond origin
angiogenesis · proliferation · malignancy · benign · invasive · dysplasia · hyperplasia · apoptosis · tumor suppressor · biopsy
tumor
Abnormal tissue mass
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- metastasisCancer spreading beyond origin
- oncologistPhysician specializing in tumors
biopsy · radiation · remission · prognosis · immunotherapy · palliative · diagnosis · staging · screening · survivor
leukemia
Malignancy of blood-forming tissues
corruption
Dishonest abuse of power
scourge · destructive · spreading · malignant
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- saludcorazon, gel, spray, dolor, gripe
- diseasesdiabetes, tuberculosis, influenza, measles, cholera
- enfermedadesgripe, diabetes, hepatitis, tuberculosis, leucemia
- health conditionsdiabetes, heart disease, asthma, hypertension, arthritis
- health issuesasthma, diabetes, cholera, heart disease, dementia
cancerhealth
Condition of body, mind
wellness · good health · soundness · vitality · clean bill of health
cancerbenign tumor
Harmless abnormal growth
benignity · benign growth · lipoma · non-malignant · adenoma
- breast cancerMalignant growth in mammary glands
- metastatic cancerMalignancy spread from origin
- lung cancerMalignant growth in chest
- skin cancerMalignancy of the dermis
- uterine cancerMalignancy of the womb
- cancer treatmentMedical intervention for malignancy