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cancer Flashcards

1
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neoplasia

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new growth

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tumour

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swelling

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maligannt

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ablity to invade and metastise

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benigng

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doesnt have malignant ability

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differentiation

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The extent to which neoplastic tissues resemble their corresponding normal tissue of origin

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Nuclear pleomorphism

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variability in nuclear size/shape

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benigng features

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well differentiated
close resemblance
Cohesive and expansile masses
Localised
Don’t metastasise
Usually slow growth
May be encapsulated

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malignant

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anaplastic features
poorer differentiation
Invasive
Penetrate organ walls / tissues / epithelial surfaces
Next to metastases, invasiveness is the most reliable feature that differentiates malignant from benign tumours

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grade

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Well differentiated = low grade / grade 1
Moderately differentiated = intermediate / grade 2
Poorly differentiated = high grade / grade 3

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stage

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extent of spread

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dysplasia

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confined within basement membrane

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12
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circinoma in situ

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features of malignancy but WITHOUT invasion

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13
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benign of glandular

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adenoma

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14
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benign non glandular

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papilloma

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15
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benign tumour of squamous epithelium of skin

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squamous cell papilloma

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benign tumour of glandular epithelium of colon

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colonic adenoma

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smooth muscle benign

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skeletal muscle benign

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rhabdomyoma

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adipose benign

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blood vessel benign

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haemangioma

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bone benign

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cartilage benign

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fibrous benign

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malignant drived from glandular

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adenocarcinoma

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malignant derived from non glandular

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maligannt smooth muscle

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leiomyosarcoma

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adipose malignant

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liposarcoma

28
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skeletal muscle malignant

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rhabdomyosarcoma

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teratoma

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contains all three germ layers
may contain several tissue types, hair muscle bone etc

30
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lymphoma

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malignancy of b or t cell origin

31
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myeloma

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malignancy of plasma cells

32
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leukamia

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malignancy of white blood cells , begin in bone marrow

33
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melanoma

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malignancy of melanocytes

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