Cancer

programmed cell death

describing a tumor that will not spread and thus is not cancerous

disease that results from an overgrowth of cells that survive and divide abnormally

division of a type of cancer based on the properties of the malignant cells

substance that causes cancer

use of chemical drugs to treat disease, usually cancer

quality of something that poisons living cells

reproductive cell, such as a sperm or an egg

receptor that is involved in signaling for apoptosis

describing a tumor that invades surrounding tissues and thus is cancerous

condition in which some cells from a tumor come loose and enter the bloodstream or lymphatic vessels, thus causing the cancer to spread from its origin

protein that counteracts a specific antigen that is produced from a single cell or from clones of a single cell

gene that can cause cancer if it undergoes certain mutations

corresponding normal version of the oncogene without the mutation

body cell

protein found on the surface of the cell to which substances can bind

cancer drug that is metabolized into molecules that bind to estrogen receptors

monoclonal antibody that targets HER2

mass resulting from an overgrowth of cells

normal version of a loss-of-function gene that leads to cancer