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Cancer Flashcards

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1
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Tumors

A

Lumps

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Cancer

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Neoplasia

Neoplasms

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Benign

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Don’t invade, grow slowly
Occasionally become cancerous
Can remove
Dogs

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Examples of benign

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Sebaceous cysts 
Hematomas 
Warts 
Papillomas 
Lipomas 
Histiocystomas
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Malignant

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Grow fast
Invade neighboring tissue and spread (mestastisize)
Carcinomas, lymphomas

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Oncology

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Study of cancer

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Oncologist

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Doctors and vets that study and treat

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Causes of cancer

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UV rays-white dogs 
Xrays 
Chemicals-damage cells 
Cigarettes-respiratory cancer 
Viruses- Fel V and FIV 
Genetics- boxers and retrievers
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Carcinogen

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Any agent that can cause cell damage or disrupt cellular metabolism and result in cancer

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Clinical signs

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Lumps 
Lameness 
Weight loss 
Depends on benign or malignant 
Vomiting and diarrhea
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Treatments

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Surgery to remove
Chemotherapy
Radiation- beam of electrons to kill cancer
Immunotherapy- own body kills

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Hyperplasia

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Excessive growth
Mammary hyperplasia
Hormones

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Dysplasia

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Abnormal growth

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Adenomas

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Benign lumps in glands

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Adenocarcinomas

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Cancerous lumps in glands

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Soft tissue sarcomas

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Lymphoma
Dogs in LN
FNA

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Hemangiosarcoma

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Dogs, spleen and heart
Bleeding tumors
Anemic, depressed, weak
Ultrasound

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Urogenital cancer

A

Bladder

Where urethra enters

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Bone

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Osteosarcoma 
Large dogs 
Painful, lame on leg 
Fragile bone breaks with X-ray 
Amputation
20
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FeLV and FIV

A

Kills in 3 years

Suppresses immune system

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