Neoplasia IV Flashcards
What is dysplasia?
Loss in uniformity of individual cells/ their architectural orientation
True or false: dysplasia always develops to CA?
False
How is the CIN grade determined?
By the proportion of epithelial occupied by immature cells
When is a dysplasia termed an invasive carcinoma?
When abnormal cells invade the BM
CIN 1 =?
between 0 and 1/3 =mild dysplasia
CIN 2 = ?
Between 1/3 to 2/3=moderate dysplasia
CIN 3 = ?
2/3 to almost full thickness = severe dysplasia
What is the difference between carcinoma in situ vs CIN 3?
CIN 3 is almost, but not full epithelial thickness.
Carcinoma in situ is full thickness, but not penetrate BM
Carcinoma in situ is only applicable to what type of tissue?
Epithelial
Oral leukoplakia can change into what?
Squamous cell carcinoma
What does Barrett’s esophagus progress to (what type of CA)?
Adenocarcinoma of the esophagus
Chronic atrophic gastritis of pernicious anemia can progress to what CA?
Gastric adenocarcinoma
Chronic ulcerative colitis can progress to what?
Adenocarcinoma of colon
Hepatitis infection can progress to what type of CA?
Macronodular cirrhosis to hepatocellular carcinoma
Simple/complex endometrial hyperplasia can progress to what?
Atypical hyperplasia to endometrial adenocarcinoma
Solar keratosis can progress to what?
Squamous cell carcinoma
Tumors are monoclonal or polyclonal?
Monoclonal
Carcinogenesis involves non-lethal genetic damage. What two places do these come from?
Inherited germline mutations
Acquired mutations
What does the Bax molecule do?
Signals apoptosis
What are the two causes of inherited mutations?
Failure of DNA repair
Mutations in the genome of somatic cells
What three genetic changes must occur for a tumor to develop?
Activation of growth promoting oncogenes
Inactivation of tumor suppressor genes
Alterations in genes that regulate apoptosis
How is generation of heterogeneity of tumors brought about?
Tumor cells mutate/progress to serve different purposes within the tumor (invasive, nonantigenic, GF producer etc)
What are the 7 essential alterations for malignant transformation?
- Self-sufficient growth signals
- Insensitive to growth inhibitory signals
- Evasion of apoptosis
- Limitless replicative potential
- Sustained angiogenesis
- Ability to invade and metastasize
- Defects in DNA repair
What are the four classes of normal regulatory genes?
- Growth promoting proto-oncogenes
- Growth inhibiting tumor suppressor genes
- Genes regulating apoptosis
- Genes regulating DNA repair
What are oncogenes?
Genes the promote autonomous cell growth