How cancers behave

Question 1

Tumour means?

Answer 1

• swelling

Question 2

3 Main types of malignancy?

Answer 2

• epithelial
• mesenchymal
• haematological

Question 3

Explain epithelial tumours

Answer 3

• defined by resting on a basement membrane

- carcinoma - epithelial malignancy

Question 4

Where does testicular cancer spread to?

Answer 4

• para-aortic nodes, due to their embryological development in the retroperitoneal cavity

Question 5

Mesenchymal tumours are characteristically

Answer 5

• soft tissue tumours

- bone, cartilage, fat, smooth muscle

Question 6

Leiomyoma?

Answer 6

• smooth muscle tumour benign

Question 7

leiomyoma sarcoma

Answer 7

• smooth muscle tumour malignant

Question 8

Rhabdomyoma

Answer 8

• skeletal tumour benign

Question 9

lipoma

Answer 9

• fat tumour benign

Question 10

Osteosarcoma

Answer 10

• bone tumour malignant

Question 11

Chondrosarcoma

Answer 11

• cartilage tumour malignant

Question 12

Haemangioma

Answer 12

• blood vessel tumour benign

Question 13

Neuroma

Answer 13

• nervous tumour benign

Question 14

3 B’s for child cancer?

Answer 14

• blood
• brain
• bone

Question 15

Haematological malignancies metastasis where?

Answer 15

• no where

- they are present throughout the whole body