cancer

Question 1

Cancer

Answer 1

A neoplasm that is malignant

Question 2

neoplasm

Answer 2

autonomous growth of tissue that has escaped normal constraints on cell proliferation

Question 3

tumour

Answer 3

Any kind of mass forming lesion

Question 4

carcinogen

Answer 4

any substance that when exposed to living tissue may cause the production of cancer

Question 5

Characteristics that malignant tumours have

Answer 5

metastatic
growth pattern - in wrong place
differentiation - cytosolic differences
invasive

Question 6

pathological features that affect prognosis of tumours

Answer 6

How differentiated is tumour
stage how far tumour has spread
stage more important than grade
stage measure by T- tumour N - nodes M- metastases. details different for each cancer.

Question 7

Pathological features that may predict prognosis

Answer 7

How differentiated is tumour
stage how far tumour has spread
stage more important than grade
stage measure by T- tumour N - nodes M- metastases. details different for each cancer.