Cancer Vocab

Question 0

Describes branched or exophytic (outward growing) benign tumor of squamous epithelium

Answer 0

Papilloma

Question 1

Benign tumor resembling cartilage precursor cells

Answer 1

Chondroblastoma

Question 2

Benign tumor arising from germ cells with derivatives of all 3 germ cell layers

Answer 2

Teratoma

Question 3

Localized, disordered, differentiated cells (normal tissue but disordered)

Answer 3

Hamartoma

Question 4

Ectopic islands of normal tissue, such as nodules of splenic tissue in the peritoneal cavity or pancreatic tissue in the intestinal wall

Answer 4

Choristoma

Question 5

Malignant liver cancer

Answer 5

Hepatoma

Question 6

Malignant skin cancer

Answer 6

Melanoma

Question 7

Malignant cancer of the testis

Answer 7

Seminoma

Question 8

Malignant, lymphoproliferative tumor

Answer 8

Lymphoma

Question 9

Malignant proliferation of leukocytes

Answer 9

Leukemia

Question 10

Benign tumor completely located in the bone

Answer 10

Enchondroma

Question 11

Description for frond-like structures

Answer 11

Papillary

Question 12

Description for soft, cellular tumor with little connective tissue stroma

Answer 12

Medullary

Question 13

2 descriptions for a dense fibrous stroma around the tumor

Answer 13

Scirrhous or desmoplastic

Question 14

Malignant tumor with abundant mucus secretions, in which islands of tumor cells float

Answer 14

Colloid carcinoma

Question 15

Intraductal carcinoma with necrotic material expressing from the ducts

Answer 15

Comedocarcinoma

Question 16

Benign, reactive proliferation of soft tissue connective cells, often associated with trauma

Answer 16

Nodular fasciitis

Question 17

2 terms referring to the lack of differentiated features in a cancer cell

Answer 17

Anaplasia or cellular atypia

Question 18

Variation in the size and shape of cells and nuclei

Answer 18

Pleomorphism