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A

 

Active Surveillance | Eyı eyáa nezǫ́le ka dene ghánakeı́dá

Keeping track of the changes in a person’s body by doing tests and exams

 

Aggressive | Eyáa nezǫ́le denekwę́tah whırı ɂǫ́nę́ ɂat’ı̨

A tumour or disease that grows quickly.

 

Anaesthesia | Dene edeneté gonáı́dı́

Using drugs to stop the feeling of pain in the body. Used during surgery

 

B

 

Benign | Nǝyı́ t’ahsı̨́ hogegı̨́hɂǫ beghǫ k’éonǝjı̨́le

Not harmful

 

Biopsy | Eyáa nezǫ́le ka denets’ę t’ahsı̨́ netsı́le hegı́hchu

Remove a small tissue from inside the body to look for sickness

 

Body Scan | Denekw’ęnę́ ɂerı̨htł’é gı́hchu

Take an x-ray of the bones

 

Bowel Movement | Béhǝ́ káts’ereda

Discharge of waste from body

 

Brain Cancer | Denekwı́ghǫ́yı́ı eyáa nezǫ́le ǫ̨t’e

Cancer of the brain

 

Brain Scan | Denekwı́ghǫ́ ɂerı̨htł’é gı́hchu

X-ray of the brain

 

C

 

Cancer | Eyáa nezǫ́le

When the cells in your body grow out of control and cause harm

 

Carcinogen | T’ahsı̨́ dzá ǫt’e hǫ́ht’é eyáa nezǫ́le dene ɂahɂı̨́

Substance that causes cancer

 

Cell | Bet’áré gots’ǝdı́ denekwę́tah ǫt’e

Basic unit of life 

 

Cervix | Bǝbı́ gots’ę gǫ́hłı̨ dahk’ǝ́

Part of a women’s reproductive system

 

Chemotherapy | Eyáa nezǫ́le ɂǫ́nę́ ɂawodǝ ch’á náı́dı́ hé dene ghálakeda

A treatment of drugs that kills cancer, can also kill healthy

 

Colon | Denets’ı́ nechá

The longest part of the large intestine

 

Colonoscopy | Ɂı́dı́ıkǫ́né hǝ́ deneyı́ı denets’ı́ goghágeda

A test to examine inside of the large intestine

 

Colostomy | Bét’á káts’ereda gogha yúwǝ́ dene k’ǝ wehtǫ

Opening that is created by surgery. It connects the colon to a bag on the outside of the body to collect stool

 

Cone Biopsy | Bǝbı́ gǫ́hłı̨ dahk’ǝ́ gots’ę t’ahsı̨́ ghágudá gha gı́hchu

Sample of tissue taken from cervix to be examined

 

CT Scan | Ɂerı̨htł’é gı́hchu gháré denéyı́ı t’ahsı̨́/eyáa ka genı̨wę

Take a picture of inside to look for any abnormal growth

 

D

 

Diagnosis | Ayı́ı eyáa denekwę́tah ǫt’e hegogı̨́hɂǫ

Identifying a disease or illness from symptoms

 

E

 

Endoscope | Tł’uh neghale lǫ́ ɂı́dı́ıkǫ́né hǝ́ deneyı́ı goghágeda

Tube with a light is use to look inside the body at the internal organs

 

F

 

Family History | Dene héot’ı̨nę eyáa hı̨dóts’aɂa

The medical history of a person’s family, including mother, father, brother, sister and grandparents

 

Fatigue | Nıts’ǝnı́tı̨́/Nı́htets’ęrę́wı

Feeling very tired or not having energy

 

FIT | Eyáa nezǫ́le nágulı nı̨dé edelé ka bé hǝ́ káts’ereda hegı́hchu

A test that checks for blood in the stool. It is used to screen for Colorectal Cancer

 

H

 

H. pylori | Eyáa ts’ęhɂǫ́nę́ denechǫ kǝ́teoderı́tłe

Causes inflammation and ulcers in the stomach and small intestine

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I

 

Immune system | Denekwę́tah ayı́ eyáa gha k’ǝ́nárę́ht’e gǫ́hlı̨

The cells and organs in your body that protects the body from illness.

 

Inoperable | Ts’órét’é/horı́la hǝ́ dúwǝ́ dene nát’á(taɂı̨t’á)

A disease or tumour that cannot be treated with surgery.

 

Intravenous | Daetı̨tł’úlé gháré t’áhsı̨ denekwę́tah ɂagǝhɂı̨

Into a vein

 

L

 

Leukemia | Denedelétah eyáa nezǫ́le

Cancer in the blood

 

Lumpectomy | Denet’óyı́ı t’ahsı̨́ nę́hshǫ kágeht’á

Surgical removal of a breast tumour

 

M

 

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | Deneyı́ı ɂerı̨htł’é hı́hchu gosatsǫ́nę́

Another type of test used to look at the organs and tissue inside the body. It uses magnetic force to take pictures.

 

Malignant | Nǝ́yı́ı t’áhsı̨́ hegút’ǫ sı̨̨́ı̨ la eyáa nezǫ́le ɂǫt’e

Is harmful, cancer.

 

Mammogram | Denet’ó ɂerı̨htł’é gı́hchu

An x-ray picture of the breast

 

Mastectomy | Denet’ó ełaot’e kágǝrǝhwhǝ

Surgical removal of the whole breast

 

Medical History | Dene eyáahı̨lı̨kǫ́ dene ɂerı̨htł’é wela

A record of someone’s risk factors, symptoms, and past medical events or illness

 

Melanoma | Denekwę́ ɂǫ́nę denet’ué k’ǝ eyáa nezǫ́le

A type of cancer found on your skin

 

Metastasis | Eyı eyáa nezǫ́le ɂǫ́nę́ ajá

When cancer spreads from its original site.

 

O

 

Oncology | Eyı eyáa nezǫ́le wáe hǝogǝruhzhá gha yeghálageda

The study of cancer

 

Operable | Dúle gogha dene taɂęt’á

When the disease or tumour that can be treated with surgery

 

P

Palliative Care | Dágejá gots’ę́ gonı̨́ k’ǝ̨́ gok’ǝ́gǝdı́ (hodı́)

  • Improves quality of life for patients and their families facing serious illness that cannot be cured.
  • Helps to limit and prevent suffering and pain.
  • Supports all aspects of life (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social)
  • Can also be used during end of life care

 

Pap Smear | Bǝbı́ gǫ́hłı̨ dahk’ǝ́ gots’ę t’ahsı̨́ gı́hchu

A swab of sample taken from the cervix

 

Platelet | Denedélétah begháré denedélé ɂǝdǝht’ǝ́ gǫ́hłı̨

Type of cell in the blood that helps blood to clot

 

Polyp | Deneyı́ı denets’ı́ hǝ́ denek’árı́hkwelé k’ǝ t’ahsı̨́ nǝyǝ

Growth found in the colon or rectum

 

Prognosis | Dats’út’é gha genı̨wę sı̨́ı̨ ghǫ dene hégogede

Chance of cure or cancer coming back

 

R

 

Radiation | Ɂı́dı́ıkǫ́né t’á ǫde eyáa nezǫ́le ghálageda

High energy x-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumours.

 

Recurrence | Eyáa nezǫ́le dene anaodle nágulı

Chance of cancer coming back

 

Remission | Hı̨dúh gogha eyı eyáa nezǫ́le wı́le

Tests, physical exams and scans show that all signs of cancer are gone.

 

Risk Factor | Ayı́ı dahgháré eyı eyáa nezǫ́le alé dene ts’ę́ náudı

Something that increases the chance of developing a disease.

 

S

 

Screening | Dene beghǫɂı̨ɂále eyáa ka gegháeda

Test done on a well person

 

Side Effects | Dágoghá dene ghálageda ts’ęhɂǫ́nę́ gogha dágǫ́ht’e

Effects of a medical treatment or procedure (hair loss, nausea, loss of appetite)

 

Stage | Eyı eyáa nezǫ́le dánáréhtse gháré beɂerehtáh gǝt’ı̨

How much cancer is in the body and where it is located(size of tumour, if cancer has spread to other parts of the body)

 

Surgery | Denetaɂı̨t’á

Operation

 

Symptoms | Eyáa ts’ęhɂǫ́nę́ edǝ́ts’ǝrǝdı́

A change that a person feels in their body that may be due to disease or illness

 

T

 

Tumour | Deneyı́ı t’ahsı̨́ nǝyǝ dúle begha denetaɂı̨t’á

Growth of cells

 

Tumour Marker | Dáts’ı̨t’e heogeruhshá gha denets’ę t’ahsı̨́ hegı́hchu

A substance found in the blood, urine or body tissue that is measured to help identify cancer.

 

U

 

Ultrasound | Satsǫ́nę́ dene k’ǝ hǝk’ǝ́nagǝhdı gháré deneyı́ı goɂerı̨htł’é gı́hchu

A test that takes images of the inside of the body using sound wave

 

X

 

X-ray | Ɂı́dı́ıkǫ́nę́ hǝ́ dene ɂerı̨htł’é gı́hchu

Picture taken of body parts