Cancer BASICS Flashcards
neoplasm
new or abnormal growth of tissue
What is cancer caused by? (over lifetime)
accumulation of detrimental variation to the genome over a lifetime
metastasis
spreading of cancer from primary site to distant organs
4 main types of cancer
- sarcoma
- carcinoma
- leukemia
- lymphoma
sarcoma
arise from connective tissue in the bones, tendons, cartilage, muscle, fat
carcinoma
arise from epithelial tissue in external and internal lining of the body
leukemia
cancers of the blood that originate in the bone marrow
lymphoma
cancers of the lymph system
two types of carcinomas
adenocarcinoma
squamous cell carcinoma
adenocarcinoma
develop in an organ or gland
squamous cell carcinoma
develop in squamous cell epithelium of organs (eg. skin, bladder, lungs)
dysplasia
presence of abnormal cells within a tissue
hyperplasia
enlargement of an organ or tissue caused by an increase in reproduction rate of its cells
Most common cancer in men and women
lung cancer
