Cancer Naming

Question 1

What the name for an epithelial overgrowth that is:

• Benign?
• Malignant?

Answer 1

Benign = Adenoma

Malignant = Adenocarcinoma

Question 2

What are the 2 versions of Adenoma that you might see?

Answer 2

1. Epithelial Neoplasms that look like glands

2. Neoplasms from gland that don’t look like gland

Question 3

Besides an adenoma, what is a different epithelial derived tumor type?

• Benign?
• Malignant?

Answer 3

Benign = Papilloma

Malignant = Papillary Carcinoma

Question 4

What is a polyp?

Answer 4

Mass that projects above the mucosal Surface

Question 5

What are cystadenomas?

Answer 5

Hollow Cystic Masses typically arising in the ovary

Question 6

What is a overgrowth of mesenchyme called if its fat?

- what if its anything else like bone, BV, or catilage?

Answer 6

Benign:
Fat - Lipoma

Malignant:
Fat - Liposarcoma
**Just add sarcoma (e.g. osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, angiosarcoma)

Question 7

What is cancer of the lymphocyte called?

Answer 7

Lymphoma - solid

Leukemia - in blood stream

Question 8

What is a benign growth of a melanocyte called?

Answer 8

Nivus

Question 9

What type of cancer is made up all cell types?

Answer 9

• Embryonically derived ones aka TERATOMAS