Cancer - Key Characteristics Flashcards

1
Q

Name the 2 key characteristics exclusive to cancer?

A

METASTASIS
and
ANAPLASIA

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2
Q

Name the term regarding the capacity of cells to leave one tissue area, migrate to distant sites and establish new populations of cells?

A

METASTASIS

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3
Q

Cancer cells lack ___________ __________ making it easier for them to break off and travel.

A

ADHESION MOLECULES

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4
Q

List the 4 mechanisms by which cancer spreads from the original tumor?

A
  1. PROGRESSIVE DIRECT LOCAL INVASION OF NEARBY STRUCTURES
  2. THROUGH BODY CAVITIES
  3. TO DISTANT SITE VIA BLOODSTREAM (hematonegous metastasis)
  4. TO DISTANT SITE VIA LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
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5
Q

What is it called when mutations make the cells more “stem-cell like”, that is, able to launch new populations of renegade cells like themselves?

A

ANAPLASIA

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6
Q

Anaplasia is _____________ to cancerous growths.

A

EXCLUSIVE

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7
Q

Can massage promote genetic mutation?

A

NO

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8
Q

Can massage therapy promote cell shedding?

A

YES

but not before they are ready, at a mobile level of anaplasia

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9
Q

The major CONTRAINDICATION to cancer massage is manipulation of _______________ and direct manipulation of ___________.

A

UNDIAGNOSED LUMP
+
TUMORS

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