How cancers behave Flashcards
What do epithelial cells do
Line the inside and outside of the body resting on a basement membrane
Outside exposure epithelium
squamous epithelium
skin
keratinising with adnexal structures
Internal
Non-keratonising
What types of glandular epithelium are there
G cells, parental cells, chief cells ect
what is ciliated epithelium
speudostratified ciliated columnar
transitional epithelium
bladder
What does carcinoma mean
EPITHELIAL malignancy
The older you are the higher the risk is for an epithelial malignancy true/false
true
due to long term accumulation of environmental risk factors
Who rarely gets carcinomas
Children
children tend to get blood, brain and bone cancer
what are brain lesions in older patients
carcinoma metastasis unless proven otherwise
What is the disease progression of carcinomas
Local growth
spread via haematogenous and lymphatic routes
different patterns of spread for different tumours
metastasis from lung goes to
bone
brain
adrenal
liver
Breast cancers also commonly go here
Where do GI malignancies metastasise to
Liver
Where does prostate cancer metastasise to
anywhere
