Cancer Vocabulary

Abdomen

Gynecologist & Sonogram

Uterus & Fallopian tubes

Cyst & Tumors   Cysts are fluid-filled sacs that can form in the ovaries. Tumors can form in the ovaries, just as they form in other parts of the body. If tumors are non-cancerous, they are said to be benign. If they are cancerous, they are called malignant.

Mutations

Chemotherapy

Proliferate (of a cell, structure, or organism) Reproduce rapidly.

Hyperplasia The enlargement of an organ or tissue caused by an increase in the reproduction rate of its cells, often as an initial stage in the development of cancer

Progenitors A person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent.

Compensate Recompense (someone) for loss, suffering, or injury, typically by the award of a sum of money.

Scoured Subject (a place, text, etc.) to a thorough search in order to locate something.

Proverbial Well known, esp. so as to be stereotypical Like finding a needle in a haystack