Cancer Flashcards
Define tumour?
Swelling, originally for inflammation
Define cancer?
uncontroled cell growth
define neoplasm?
new abnormal growth of a mass of tissue, the growth of which is virtually autonomous and exceeds that of normal tissues. The growth is uncoordinated and persists after the cessation of the stimuli that initiated the change
Name two basic components of a tumour?
Parenchyma- Proliferating neoplasmic cells
Supportive stroma
Name some features of an Benign tumour?
- Well differentiated
- Usually slow growing
- Rarely invade locally-cohesive,expansile,encapsulated mass
- Seldom metastasize
Name some features of a malignant tumour?
- Anaplasia-Complete lack of fifferentiation
- Rapid turnover- “chemo targets”
- Infiltrative margins
- metastasize (except 2 tumours)
List at which countries the following cancer types have the highest incidence/prevalence:
- stomach
- melanoma
- HCC (hepatocellular carcinoma)
- Oesophageal cancer
Stomach cancer higher (approx 7 times) in Japan compared with USA. Colon cancer much less in Japan
Melanoma much higher in NZ and Australia compared with Scandinavia.
HCC more common in Uganda- aflatoxin
High incidence of oesophageal cancer in China and Iran- nitrates in soil, abrasives in diet
List sime environamental agents that can cause cancer?
UV light
Occupational agents like asbestos, naphthyl amine and vinyl chloride, alcohol (liver cancers), smoking (lung, bladder cancer
List examples of cancers caused by infection?
HPV-Cervical Carcinoma
Heppatitis B and C- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Helicobacter pylori-gastric carcinoma
EBV burkitts lymphoma
Name some factors that distinguish benign and malignant tumours?
- Differentiation and anaplasia
- rate of growth
- local invasion
- metastisis
identfy the principles that make a successful cancer screening? (factor that justify the appropriateness of using this screening)
Treatment available
Reliable prediction of tumour behaviour
Target population has enough people at risk to justify expense
Cost-effective and reliable screening tool
List the features of pathology which predict the prognosis in cancer?
Size of primary lesion
Spread to regional lymoh nodes
Presence of metastases
Name the main staging sytsem used in cancers?
TNM
- Size of Primary Lesion(T1-T4)
- Spread to Regional lymph nodes(N0,N1-N3)
- presence of metastases(M0,M1-M2)
Name the three catagories of carcinogens?
- Chemicals
- Radiation
- Microbial Agents
Name a cancer associated with ionising electromagnetic radiation?
luekemia and solid tumours can be caused by x rays
