OET Listening Practice: Learn Hospital English Vocabulary and Medical English with the Good Doctor

harvey you remember doctors park and resnick they did your scan right for my they were looking for kidney stones unfortunately we found some cancer it's on your left kidney cancer the good news is it's isolated and in a very operable location cancer i have cancer we have to tell the children we'll do a biopsy to confirm but i'm confident that we caught it early this is terrible i i can't die i you need me i know with surgery radiation and immunotherapy the prognosis is excellent [Music] sean come with me is everything okay the nurse told

us he didn't finish the surgery suzanne you have very extensive cancer throughout your abdomen it appears to be malignant and it appears to have metastasized around every organ but there's hope with surgery we can't see the retropatic part of the cancer because the liver we can't see the retroperitoneal part because of the right kidney yes i know that's why we should take out the organs you want to remove her liver and right kidney yes and also her left kidney and her pancreas and the intestinal tract and the stomach you do know that several of those

organs are quite essential we'll put them back we remove them clean up the cancer then put them back next weevo surgery it's been done for pancreatic cancer without much success no you think it worked better here not really but the alternative is death the biopsy confirmed that the kidney cancer is a renal cell carcinoma cancer i have cancer yes why didn't you tell me we did the good news is that it's treatable with surgery and immunotherapy and radiation we have to tell the children the children know how do they know what's going on am i

dying the cancer is serious but ruby we'd like to talk to you outside i'll be right back [Music] hello everyone i'm steve your english fluency coach back again with another vocabulary lesson with a new show the good doctor where you will learn hospital and medical vocabulary so without further ado let's jump into the topic [Music] so harvey you remember doctors park and resnick they did your scan right for my they were looking for kidney stones unfortunately we found some cancer it's on your left kidney cancer the good news is it's isolated and in a very

operable location cancer i have cancer we have to tell the children we'll do a biopsy to confirm but i'm confident that we caught it early is terrible i i can't die i you need me i know with surgery radiation and immunotherapy the prognosis is excellent isolated as an adjective means those places or things that are not near to other things for example i live in an isolated village means i live in a village which is far far away from other villages or towns next many of the refugee villages are in isolated areas last the good

news is it's isolated and in a very operable location means this cancer is in a far separate location and not joined with organs and can be operated on easily biopsy as a verb means the process of removing and examining a small amount of tissue from a sick person in order to discover more about their illness for example we will do a biopsy to confirm but i'm confident that we caught it early this means we will take tissue from your body and examine and then the final report will be there unfortunately we found some cancer it's

on your left kidney cancer the good news is it's isolated and in a very operable location cancer i have cancer have to tell the children we'll do a biopsy to confirm but i'm confident that we caught it early this is terrible i i can't die i you need me i know with surgery radiation and immunotherapy the prognosis is excellent immunotherapy as a noun means a type of cancer treatment that helps your immune system fight cancer the immune system helps your body fight infections and other diseases let's look at an example when i had cancer the

doctor suggested me to go through immunotherapy to get treated for cancer hang on guys before i go further i would like you to please comment below and do let us know your favorite movies or tv shows so we can make lessons on your favorite movies and don't forget to like and share this video if you are enjoying our lessons prognosis is a noun and it means a prediction of the outcome of a disease or disorder this term can either be used in general conditions as a statement of judgment likely to happen in the future especially

in connection with a particular situation for example i was reading a gloomy economic prognosis in the paper this morning here in this statement the term prognosis is used in the general situation not in the medical term which means i was reading a gloomy economic outcome in the paper next if the cancer is caught early the prognosis is excellent means if the cancer is caught early then the treatment outcome is always excellent this is terrible i i can't die i you need me i know with surgery radiation and immunotherapy the prognosis is excellent is everything okay

the nurse told us he didn't finish the surgery suzanne you have very extensive cancer throughout your abdomen extensive is an adjective and if something is extensive it is very great for example the blast caused extensive damage crushing the ground floor windows means the blast caused great damage and crushed the windows next the security forces have extensive powers of search and arrest means security forces have great power of search and arrest abdomen as a noun means part of your body below your chest where your stomach and intestines are it is commonly spoken as belly example he

was suffering from pains in his abdomen next you have very extensive cancer throughout your abdomen this means you have highly spread cancer throughout your belly suzanne you have very extensive cancer throughout your abdomen it appears to be malignant malignant is a noun and a malignant tumor or disease is out of control and likely to cause death if you say that someone is malignant you think they are cruel and like to cause harm example she developed a malignant breast tumor means she developed an out-of-control dangerous breast tumor next he said that we were evil malignant and

mean means we were evil and cruel last the process by which malignant cancer cells multiply isn't fully understood means the process by which out-of-control cancer cells multiply isn't fully understood suzanne you have very extensive cancer throughout your abdomen it appears to be malignant and it appears to have metastasized around every organ metastasize as a verb means to spread from one part of the body to another if cancer cells metastasize they spread to other parts of the body and cause tumors to grow there example a checkup revealed a small tumor on his lung but it is

not yet metastasized means a checkup revealed a small tumor on his lung but it has not yet spread to other body parts we can't see the retropetic part of the cancer because of the liver we can't see the retroperitoneal part because of the right kidney yes i know that's why we should take out the organs retrohepatic as an adjective means behind the liver the senior doctor says we can't see the retrohepatic part of cancer because of the liver means we can't see the part of cancer that is behind the liver retroperitoneal as an adjective means

the area in the back of the abdomen behind the peritoneum the organs in the retroperitoneal include the adrenal glands aorta kidneys ureters pancreas rectum and parts of the stomach and colon the peritoneum is the tissue that lines the abdominal wall and covers most of the organs in the abdomen in the clip doctor says we can't see the retroperitoneal part because of the right kidney means we can't see in the back of the abdomen because of the right kidney you want to remove her liver and right kidney yes and also her left kidney and her pancreas

and the intestinal tract and the stomach you do know that several of those organs are quite essential we'll put them back the pancreas as a noun means an organ in the body that produces insulin and substances that help to digest food so that it can be used by the body insulin is a chemical substance that controls the amount of sugar in the blood the intestinal tract is a tube or organ in the body through which food travels from the stomach and out of the body while it is being digested we remove them clean up the

cancer then put them back next weevo surgery it's been done for pancreatic cancer without much success no you think it worked better here not really but the alternative is death ex-vivo surgery involves the removal of as many as six abdominal organs from the body so that any cancerous tumors can be excised the organs are then either re-implanted into the body or replaced by healthy donor organs the biopsy confirmed that the kidney cancer is a renal cell carcinoma cancer i have cancer yes renal cell carcinoma is the most common type of kidney cancer although it's a

serious disease finding and treating it early makes it more likely that you'll be cured no matter when you're diagnosed you can do certain things to ease your symptoms and feel better during your treatment the biopsy confirmed that the kidney cancer is a renal cell carcinoma cancer i have cancer yes why didn't you tell me we did the good news is that it's treatable with surgery and immunotherapy and radiation we have to tell the children the children know how do they know what's going on am i dying the cancer is serious but ruby we'd like to

talk to you outside i'll be right back you