Invasion and Metastasis Flashcards
How are tumours grouped into different types?
By their tissue of origin
What is the name for benign and malignant tumours arising from the epithelium?
Adenoma/Papilloma and Carcinoma
What is the name for benign and malignant tumours arising from connective tissue?
Lipoma/Fibroma/Haemangioma and Sarcoma
What is the name for benign and malignant tumours arising from lymphoid tissue?
Lymphoid hyperplasia and Lymphoma
What is the name for benign and malignant tumours arising from haemopoietic tissue?
Myeloid proliferations and Leukaemia
What is the name for benign and malignant tumours arising from germ cells?
Terratoma and Germinoma
How is benign large colon adenoma seen macroscopically?
Polyps
What is a prerequisite to the metastatic cascade?
Accumulation of genetic mutations
Which hallmarks of cancer are important for metastatic disease?
- Inducing angiogenesis
- Activating invasion and metastasis
What happens in growth and invasion?
Primary tumour forms and invades tissues locally.
What happens in transport to distant sites?
Intravasation, transport through the circulation and arrest in microvessels of various organs
What happens for metastasis to thrive at a new site?
Extravasation into new tissue, formation of micrometastasis, and colonisation of a macrometastasis
What does metatstasis require?
Environmental changes
What is detected in stroma surrounding many human cancers?
Tumour associated macrophages
What does a lack of ability to express tumour associated macrophages correlate with?
Decreased risk of developing metastsis.
How do tumour cells and macrophages support each other in cell migration of mammary tumours?
Macrohoages express EGF which acts on the EGF receptor of tumour cells. Tumour cells then express CSF-1 which works on the CSF-1 receptor in the macrophage.
What needs to be disrupted in order for cell migration to occur?
Cell-cell adhesions
What is epithelial-mesenchymal transition?
EMT = when structure of cells goes from strong cell-cell adhesions and interactions to more like mesenchyme cells in phenotype
What cell-cell interactions are disrupted?
- Tight junctions
- Adherens junction
- Desmosomes
What is an adherens junction?
Junction formed by 2 cadherin molecules which span the extracellular membrane of both cells.