Cancer Flashcards
1
Q
Cancer
A
Highly invasive and destructive neoplasms
2
Q
Oncology
A
The study of neoplasms
3
Q
Neoplasm
A
Cells formed from irreversible deviant cell division
Continue to divide when something goes wrong
The cells have little resemblance of what they should look like
4
Q
Tumour
A
A collection of cells that have lost genetic control of proliferation and differentiation
5
Q
Benign
A
Localised and closely resembling cells of origin but lost control of proliferation
6
Q
Malignant
A
Invasive and destructive cells that do not resemble cells of origin
