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Glossary Terms: 1-10 | 11-18
occupational therapist
:
a specially trained therapist who works with people who have disabilities to help them relearn how to perform daily activities.
oncogene
:
genes that promote cell growth and multiplication. These genes are normally found in all cells. But oncogenes may undergo changes that activate them, causing cells to grow too quickly and form tumors.
oncogenes
(on-ko-genes)
:
genes that promote cell growth and multiplication. These genes are normally present in all cells. But oncogenes may undergo changes that activate them, causing cells to grow too quickly and form tumors.
oncologist
(on-call-o-jist)
:
a doctor with special training in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
oncology
(on-call-o-jee)
:
the branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
oncology clinical nurse specialist
:
a registered nurse with a master's degree in oncology who specializes in the care of cancer patients. Oncology nurse specialists may prepare and administer treatments, monitor patients, prescribe and provide supportive care, and teach and counsel patients and their families.
oncology social worker
:
a person with a master's degree in social work who is an expert in coordinating and providing non-medical care to patients. The oncology social worker provides counseling and assistance to people with cancer and their families, especially in dealing with the non-medical issues that can result from cancer, such as financial problems, housing (when treatments must be taken at a facility away from home), and child care.
one-step procedure
:
surgery during which the procedure to diagnose the presence of breast cancer (see biopsy) is followed immediately by treatment (such as mastectomy). The patient is given general anesthesia and does not know until she wakes up if the diagnosis was cancer or if a mastectomy was performed. Once the only option in breast cancer, the one-step procedure is now rarely used, having been replaced by a two-step approach. See two-step procedure.
oophorectomy
(oof-eh-rek-to-me)
:
surgery to remove the ovaries.
ophthalmologist
(of-thuh-mal-o-jist)
:
a medical doctor who specializes in diseases of the eye.
Glossary Terms: 1-10 | 11-18
