Diagnostic pathology of cancer Flashcards
1
Q
Define dysplasia
A
a loss of uniformity of individual cells and architecture
2
Q
Define hypoplasia
A
The underdevelopment or incomplete growth of an organ
3
Q
Define atrophy
A
adaptive response where there is a decrease in size and function of cells
4
Q
Hypertrophy
A
adaptive response where there is an overdevelopment of an organ with increase in number of cells
5
Q
hyperplasia
A
converse of hypoplasia- overdevelopment of an organ with an increase in number of cells
6
Q
Metaplasia
A
Transformation of one differentiated cell type to another differentiated one
7
Q
How would you predict prognosis of a patient with invasive carcinoma of the breast?
A
Look at vascular invasion, also notingham prognostic index gives prognosis by combining invasive grade, lymph node stage andinvasive tumour size
