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Classification of benign tumours Flashcards

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How are cancers classified?

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Behaviour- benign/ malignant
Histogenesis- tissue of origin
The suffix - oma is applied to indicate a tumour or neoplasm

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squamous epithelia eg skin, cervix, oesophagus

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Papilloma

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glandular epithelia eg colon, breast, ovary

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Adenoma

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Connective tissue from adipocytes

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Lipoma

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5
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Connective tissue from fibrocytes

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Fibroma

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Connective tissue from chondrocytes

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Chondroma

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Connective tissue from smooth muscle

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Leiomyoma

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Connective tissue from striated muscle

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Rhabdomyoma

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Connective tissue from bone

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Osteoma

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Germ cells (3 germ layers)- testis or ovaries

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Teratoma

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