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Cancer Flashcards

1
Q

Does not spread

A

Benign

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2
Q

Encapsulated

A

Doesn’t spread

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3
Q

Me stashed to other parts of the body

A

Malignant

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4
Q

Most important risk factor to skin cancer

A

Overexposure to uv radiation

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5
Q

Gradually forms an ulcer with firm raised border

A

Squamous cell

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6
Q

How many people in America develop skin cancer

A

1 in 5

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7
Q

Metastasizes rapidly to lymph and blood vessels

A

Melanoma

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8
Q

Other ways you can develop skin cancer

A

Irritation from infection
Chemicals
Physical trauma

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10
Q

How large must the diameter be for it be melanoma

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6 mm

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11
Q

Arises from stratum spinosum

A

Squamous cell

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12
Q

Arises from stratum basale

A

Basal cell

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15
Q

What percent of basal cell is cured

A

99%

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16
Q

Grows quickly and metastasizes to lymph nodes if not removed

A

Squamous cell

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17
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Slow growing, metastasis seldom occurs

A

Basal cell

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18
Q

What cause squamous cell

A

Sun

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19
Q

Scaly reddened Papule

A

Squamous cell

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20
Q

By age fifty how many hair follicles does a person have

A

Dropped by 1/3 and continues to decline which leads to thinning or baldness

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21
Q

Most common type of cancer

A

Skin

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22
Q

Cancer of melanocytes

A

Malignant melanoma

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23
Q

Small rounded elevation

A

Papule

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24
Q

What percent of skin cancers are melanoma

A

5

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25
Q

Shiny dome shaped nodules with a central pearly beaded edge

A

Basal cell

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26
Q

Most deadly

A

Melanoma

27
Q

What causes bags under the eyes

A

Decreasing elasticity and loss of subcutaneous tissue

28
Q

C

A

Color

29
Q

During old age what happens to the amount of subcutaneous tissue

A

Decreased which leads to intolerance of cold

30
Q

What is survival rate of melanoma

A

Fifty percent

31
Q

Where is basal cell normally found

A

Overexposed regions of face

32
Q

Where does melanoma begin

A

Wherever there is pigment

Some develop from pigmented moles

32
Q

Arises from accumulated dna damage in skin cell and appears as spreading brown to black patch

A

Melanoma

35
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A

A

Asymmetry

36
Q

Early removal allows a good chance of survival

A

Squamous cell

37
Q

B

A

Border irregularity

38
Q

Where is squamous cell most likely found

A

Scalp ears and lower lip

38
Q

What is the treatment of melanoma

A

Wide surgical excision

Immunotherapy

39
Q

Hairy cloak

A

Lanugo

40
Q

When does lanugo form

A

5th and 6th month of fetal development

41
Q

E

A

Elevation

42
Q

White cheesy looking substance

A

Vernix caseosa

43
Q

What causes premature gray hair

A 
Stress
Anxiety 
Lack of protein
Chemotherapy 
Radiation
Excessive vitamin a
Fungal diseases
44
Q

What produces the vernix

A

Sebaceous glands

45
Q

Accumulations in sebaceous glands form what

A

Milia

46
Q

Where is milia found

A

Nose and forehead of baby

47
Q

How do you detect melanoma

A

ABCDE RULE

47
Q

When does skin reach optimal appearance

A

20-30

47
Q

When does skin become more oil

A

Adolescence

49
Q

What speeds up loss of elasticity

A

Smoking and sunlight

50
Q

Vellus hairs

A

Tiny colorless hairs on bald people

51
Q

What helps delay skin aging

A

Good nutrition
Plenty of fluids
Cleanliness

52
Q

Male pattern baldness

A

Genetically controlled

53
Q

Graying hair is genetically controlled by what

A

Delayed action gene

54
Q

Abnormal cell mass

A

Neoplasm

55
Q

Gray hair occurs when

A

Amount of melanin in hair decreases or becomes absent

56
Q

Least malignant

A

Basal cell carcinoma

56
Q

Cells cannot form keratin, invade the dermis and subcutaneous tissue

A

Basal cell

56
Q

D

A

Diameter

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