cancer

Question 1

neoplasia

Answer 1

new growth

Question 2

tumour

Answer 2

swelling

Question 3

maligannt

Answer 3

ablity to invade and metastise

Question 4

benigng

Answer 4

doesnt have malignant ability

Question 5

differentiation

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Nuclear pleomorphism

Answer 6

variability in nuclear size/shape

Question 7

benigng features

Answer 7

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

Question 8

malignant

Answer 8

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

Question 9

grade

Answer 9

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

Question 10

stage

Answer 10

extent of spread

Question 11

dysplasia

Answer 11

confined within basement membrane

Question 12

circinoma in situ

Answer 12

features of malignancy but WITHOUT invasion

Question 13

benign of glandular

Answer 13

adenoma

Question 14

benign non glandular

Answer 14

papilloma

Question 15

benign tumour of squamous epithelium of skin

Answer 15

squamous cell papilloma

Question 16

benign tumour of glandular epithelium of colon

Answer 16

colonic adenoma

Question 17

smooth muscle benign

Answer 17

leiomyoma

Question 18

skeletal muscle benign

Answer 18

rhabdomyoma

Question 19

adipose benign

Answer 19

lipoma

Question 20

blood vessel benign

Answer 20

haemangioma

Question 21

bone benign

Answer 21

osteoma

Question 22

cartilage benign

Answer 22

chondroma

Question 23

fibrous benign

Answer 23

fibroma

Question 24

malignant drived from glandular

Answer 24

adenocarcinoma

Question 25

malignant derived from non glandular

Answer 25

carcinoma

Question 26

maligannt smooth muscle

Answer 26

leiomyosarcoma

Question 27

adipose malignant

Answer 27

liposarcoma

Question 28

skeletal muscle malignant

Answer 28

rhabdomyosarcoma

Question 29

teratoma

Answer 29

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

Question 30

lymphoma

Answer 30

malignancy of b or t cell origin

Question 31

myeloma

Answer 31

malignancy of plasma cells

Question 32

leukamia

Answer 32

malignancy of white blood cells , begin in bone marrow

Question 33

melanoma

Answer 33

malignancy of melanocytes