Cancer and Oncology Terms

Ink brushed onto the specimen is what keeps the true cut surface identifiable once the tissue has been sliced.

An indolent (slow-growing) type of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma that begins forming in certain areas (the marginal zones) of lymph tissue.

Marginal zone lymphoma is a slow growing B-cell blood cancer arising in lymph tissue, occurring in several distinct anatomical forms.

Overwhelmingly a diagnosis in dogs; the human counterpart is usually a harmless skin lesion of infancy rather than a cancer.

One of a group of aggressive (fast-growing) non-Hodgkin lymphomas that begin in mature T lymphocytes (T cells that have matured in the thymus gland and gone to other lymphatic sites in the body…

A type of benign (not cancer) germ cell tumor (type of tumor that begins in the cells that give rise to sperm or eggs) that often contains several different types of tissue such as hair, muscle, and…

A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer and other conditions.

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used with other types of therapy to treat colorectal cancer.

A monoclonal antibody being studied in the treatment of certain types of cancer.

A tumor that can be accurately measured in size.

A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer and other conditions.

A doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating cancer using chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, biological therapy, and targeted therapy.

A drug used to prevent endometrial cancer.

A rare type of breast cancer that often can be treated successfully.

The one thyroid cancer arising from a different cell type entirely, and the one most likely to run in families.

The most common cancerous brain tumor of childhood, growing where balance and coordination are controlled.

Far less common than the everyday skin cancers but responsible for most deaths from them, because it spreads while it is still small.

The earliest recognized stage of melanoma, still trapped in the outer skin layer where no blood or lymph vessels reach.

A cancer vaccine prepared from human melanoma cancer cells.

One condition carrying at least five names, recognized by trouble that refuses to point to a single spot in the nervous system.