Neoplasia

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Abnormal proliferation of cells that is disorganized and uncoordinated with the adjacent normal tissue

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Tumor

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The parenchyma of a tumor is

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Neoplastic cells

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Supporting connective tissue, blood vessels, and immune cells that sustain tumor viability

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Tumor Stroma

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Localized growth of cells within an organ that is not destructive and does not have the potential to spread throughout body

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Benign Tumor

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Benign tumors are designated with the suffix

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-oma

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Growth of cells that invade and destroy adjacent tissue with ability to spread and grow in distant body sites

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Malignant tumor

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Tumors of epithelial glands

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Carcinoma

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Tumors of mesenchymal cells

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Sarcoma

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Malignant tumors have the suffix

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-coma (for the most part)

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“Disordered growth” that occurs primarily in the epithelium

-Loss of orderly cellular maturation or architecture

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Dysplasia

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Characterized by pleomorphic, hyperchromatic nuclei

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Dysplasia

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Cellular atypia does NOT extend beyond the basement membrane with

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Dysplasia

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Dysplasia is essentially known as a

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Pre-invasive or pre-malignant neoplasm

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Summation of tumor characteristics that convey severity of a patient’s cancer

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Tumor grading and staging

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The degree to which neoplastic cells resemble their tissue of origin in appearance and function

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Differentiation

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Lack of differentiation

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Anaplasia

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Variation in size and shape

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Pleomorphism

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Summary of the type and extent of cancer

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Tumor Stage

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Tumor stage correlates with

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Prognosis

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Amount of residual disease after initial systemic treatment

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Post-Therapy/Post-Neoadjuvant Therapy

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Amount of disease if it recurs after initial complete response to treatment

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Restaging

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What is the TNM classification system?

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Tumor, Nodes, Metastases