Cancer - Key Characteristics Flashcards
Name the 2 key characteristics exclusive to cancer?
METASTASIS
and
ANAPLASIA
Name the term regarding the capacity of cells to leave one tissue area, migrate to distant sites and establish new populations of cells?
METASTASIS
Cancer cells lack ___________ __________ making it easier for them to break off and travel.
ADHESION MOLECULES
List the 4 mechanisms by which cancer spreads from the original tumor?
- PROGRESSIVE DIRECT LOCAL INVASION OF NEARBY STRUCTURES
- THROUGH BODY CAVITIES
- TO DISTANT SITE VIA BLOODSTREAM (hematonegous metastasis)
- TO DISTANT SITE VIA LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
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?
ANAPLASIA
Anaplasia is _____________ to cancerous growths.
EXCLUSIVE
Can massage promote genetic mutation?
NO
Can massage therapy promote cell shedding?
YES
but not before they are ready, at a mobile level of anaplasia
The major CONTRAINDICATION to cancer massage is manipulation of _______________ and direct manipulation of ___________.
UNDIAGNOSED LUMP
+
TUMORS