Cancer vs Tumor
Combining
form:
Carcin
oma
Carcin/o
Lymph
Cancerous
tumor
oma
Tumor
of lymph glands
oma
Suffix:
aden
Carcino
genic
Ability
to initiate cancer formation
Sarc
oma
Tumor
of connective tissue
Correct usage:
Malignant growth =
Benign growth =
Carcin/o
oma
Exception to usage:
myeloma =
Malignant growth in bone marrow
vs
Onc/o
Onco
logy
Study
of swelling mass (tumor)
Mass or swelling =
Onc/o