Cancer

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Serious disease where cells grow out of control (6)
  2. 4. An abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose (5)
  3. 5. Not dangerous to health (6)
  4. 6. Any of several malignant neoplasms consisting of ___ (8)
  5. 9. A cream spread on the skin (9)
  6. 11. The use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (12)
  7. 12. Energy that travels in waves or particles (9)
  8. 13. A cream spread on the skin (8)

Down

  1. 1. Departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development (8)
  2. 2. Insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers (7)
  3. 4. Care provided to improve a situation (9)
  4. 7. A specialist in ___ (10)
  5. 8. The branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures (7)
  6. 10. The spreading of a disease to another part of the body (10)
  7. 14. Examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of (6)
  8. 15. A medicine or therapy that ___ disease or relieve pain (plural) (5)