glossary terms

Question 1

tumour

Answer 1

swelling of any part of a body due to abnormal cell growth. Can be benign
or malignant.

Question 2

Neoplasm

Answer 2

An abnormal mass of tissue that forms due to uncontrolled cell division.
Can be benign or malignant.

Question 3

Benign

Answer 3

An abnormal growth of tissue that do not spread or invade other organs and
cells are well differentiated. Large benign tumours can put pressure on organs and
cause health problems

Question 4

Malignant

Answer 4

uncontrolled growth of cells that spread and invade surrounding tissues.
Most dangerous type of tumour and accounts for a large percentage of cancer
deaths.

Question 5

Metastasis

Answer 5

is the spread and development of cancer cells from the original site to
another place in the body. Also called secondary cancer.

Question 6

Carcinoma

Answer 6

• a tumour derived from epithelial cells .

Question 7

Sarcoma

Answer 7

• A type of cancer that begins in bone or in the soft tissues of the body,

Question 8

Leukaemia

Answer 8

malignant cancer which affects stem cells in the bone marrow; affects
red and white blood cells or their precursors and produces increased numbers of
immature or abnormal leukocytes. These suppress the normal production of blood
cells causing anaemia and immunosuppression

Question 9

Myeloma:

Answer 9

cancer occurs when abnormal plasma cells of the bone marrow grow in
an uncontrolled way affecting the white blood cells responsible for the production
of antibodies

Question 10

Mesothelioma

Answer 10

(also called malignant mesothelioma) occurs when abnormal cells in
the tissue that surrounds the lungs grow in an uncontrolled way

Question 11

Angiogenesis

Answer 11

: Micro-metastases stimulate the growth and development of new
blood vessels to obtain a blood supply.