Cancer Flashcards
support cells in tissues, blood vessels, neurons, connective tissue
stromal cells
specific/specialized cells to tissues ex cardiomyocyte
parenchymal cells
cells derived from neural crest/mesenchyme
mesenchymal cells
cells that give rise to connective tissue
mesenchymal cells
oma
benign tumor
carcinoma
malignant tumor of EPITHELIAL origin
adenocarcinoma
Malignant tumor of GLANDULAR tissue
sarcoma
malignant tumor of MESENCHYMAL origin
blastoma
malignant tumor of PRECURSOR cells
leukemia
lymphoma
mealnoma
all malignant
looks like where it came from
well differentiated
doesn’t look like any cell in the body
Undifferentiated
well demarcated
benign, can see borders
poorly demarcated
malignant, cannon differentiate borders
locally invasis
malignant
poorly differentiated
malignant
initial carcinogenic induced mutation that gets everything started
daughter cells have same mutation, and they can pick up new mutations
Transformation
mutated cells continue to grow and divide and continue to make more genetically mutated cells
progression and proliferation
has abnormal activity or is expressed at abnormal levels
oncogene