Breast Cancer terms starting with N

5 terms

1. necrosis (ne-KRO-sis) Refers to the death of living tissues.
2. Negative (neg'eh tiv) having a value less than zero; indicating absence of a condition, organism, etc.
3. Neoadjuvant (nee-oh ad'-joo vunt) chemotherapy is initial use of chemotherapy in patients with localized cancer that could be treated by an alternative but not…
4. Nipple In anatomy, the small raised area in the center of the breast through which milk can flow to the outside.
5. non-melanoma skin cancer Skin cancer begins in the outer layer of the skin. Melanoma is a cancer that begins in skin cells that produce melanin, which gives your skin color.