Cancer Flashcards
1
Q
Hypertrophy
A
Increase in tissue size
2
Q
Hyperplasia
A
Increase in size by multiplying the cells.
3
Q
Benign cell growth
A
Harmless,
Usually doesn’t require intervention
4
Q
Malignant
A
Indicates cancer
Serious, can lead to death without intervention
5
Q
Characteristics of malignant cells
A
Abnormal
No useful function
Harmful to normal body tissue
6
Q
What is Aneuploidy
A
Abnormal chromosomes
7
Q
What is carcinogenesis/oncogenesis
A
Cancer development
8
Q
Malignant transformation occurs through
A
Inititiation
Promotion
Progression
Metastasis
9
Q
What is a primary tumor?
A
Identified by the tissue from which it arose
- parent tissue
10
Q
Secondary tumors
A
Metastatic
Cancer cells migrate from primary location
Also have additional tumors
11
Q
Staging cancer - acronym
A
TNM
T- tumor
N- node
M- metastatic
