Cancer Terms

Here’s a list of the most common cancer terms often heard during a consultation. If you or a loved one has cancer, it’s important that you get to know the common cancer terminologies, so that you can keep up to your doctor’s pace when he’s trying to explain the cancer, treatment, or whatever else may be important at the time.

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Cancer Terms
Benign
Malignant
Locally Invasive
Metastasis
Primary Tumors
Oncology
Bone Marrow
Chronic
Acute
Relapse
Remission
Tumor
Prognosis
Staging
Refractory