Neoplasia Flashcards
Condition
Mammary tumor
Mesenchymal Tumors
Arise from cells of mesodermal origin
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Benign = -oma
Malignant = -sarcoma
Experimentally Induced (Nude Mice)
Able to accept grafting: no rejection
Example of what characteristic of malignant tumors
Metastasis
Hypercalcemia of malignancy
Due to the production of calcemic humoral substances by neoplastic cells from extra osseous neoplasms
Is this an example of a benign or malignant tumor?
Benign
(Macro/Micro) Environmental Cause
Macro- Environmental cause
Examples of paraneoplastic syndromes
Cachexia
Hypercalcemia
Hypoglycemia
Thrombotic disease
Peripheral neuropathy
Nodular dermatofibrosis
Hypertrophic osteroarthropathy
Differentiation / Anaplasia
The extent to which parenchymal cells resemble the correspondent normal parenchymal cells
Paraneoplastic syndrome
Cancer cachexia
TNM System
System of staging
Classification of tumor
Mixed Tumor
Major immune defence mechanism against tumors
CD8+ Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes (CTLs)
Benign Epithelial Tumors
Papilloma → exophytic growth from and epithelial surface → benign epithelial tumor that projects from a mucosal surface
(Malignant/Benign) tumors are infiltrative and invade and destroy the surrounding tissues
Malignant
Neoplasia
Process of tumor formation
(Macro/Micro) Environmental Cause
Micro-Environmental
Example of benign or malignant tumor
Benign
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Will cause clinical signs depending on location!!!
Stroma
Connective tissue and blood vessels that support the neoplastic cells
Halmark of malignancy
Metastasis
Condition
Pituitary Adenoma
Cancer Cachexia
Progressive loss of body fat and lean body mass, accompanied by profound weakness, anorexia and anemia
Benign tumors are (un/well) differentiated
Well Differentiated
T/F: In general, the growth rate of tumors correlates with their level of differentiation.
True
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Most malignant tumors grow more rapidly than do benign lesions
Condition
Meningioma
Metastases
Tumor implants discontinuous with the primary tumor
Characteristics of successful subclones
High proliferative rate
Evades the host immune response
Can stimulate developement of independent blood supply
Independent of exogenous growth factors
Can spread to distant sites
Tumor Associated Antigens
Expressed on neoplastic cells, but may be expressed on normal cells also
Paraneoplastic syndromes
Indirect and usually remote effects caused by tumor cell products rather than the primary tumor and its metastases
Condition
Nasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
T/F: Anaplasia represent reverse differentiation of normal cells
False
They arise from less differentiated stem cell - like cells
Teratomas
Arise from totipotent germ cells. Contain all embryonic cell layers and consist of a bizarre mixture of adult and embryonic tissue types
Malignant Epithelial Tumors
Carcinoma
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Carcinoma in situ
Malignant neoplasms are (un/well) differentiated
Can be well differentiated or undifferentiated
Oncology
Study of tumors or neoplasms
Neoplasm
“New Growth” - composed of cells originally derived from normal tissues that ahve undergone heritable genetic changes that allows them to become relatively unresponsive to normal growth controls and expand beyond their normal anatomic boundary