Epithelial Cancers

Question 1

Benign

Answer 1

Noncancerous

Question 2

Malignant

Answer 2

Cancerous

Question 3

Blasts

Answer 3

Immature WBCs

Question 4

Lymphoid

Answer 4

Tissue that makes lymphocytes; lymph tissue

Question 5

Myeloid

Answer 5

Tissue of the bone and marrow

Question 6

Lymphoma

Answer 6

Arises from the lymphoid tissue

Question 7

Myeloma

Answer 7

Arises from the myeloid tissue

Question 8

Carcinoma

Answer 8

Arises from surface or epithelium

Question 9

Sarcoma

Answer 9

Arises from connective tissue

Question 10

Epithelium Cancer Progression

Answer 10

Normal epithelium -> Hyperplasia -> Dysplasia -> carcinoma in situ -> Invasive carcinoma

Question 11

Hyperplasia

Answer 11

Benign abnormal growth

Question 12

Adenoma

Answer 12

Benign abnormal growth originating in glandular tissue
ex) non-dysplastic intestinal polyps

Question 13

Dysplasia

Answer 13

An abnormal growth and/or differentiation of the epithelium (low-high grade)
- can get worse/better

Question 14

Carcinoma In Situ

Answer 14

Dysplastic cells that are “in place” - so not technically cancer (precancerous)
- irreversible

Question 15

Invasive carcinoma

Answer 15

Breaks through basement membrane and spreads to neighboring lymph nodes and distant tissue