Neoplasm

Question 0

Types of malignant neoplasms

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• carcinoma in situ- confined.
• primary and
• secondary

Question 1

What are the morphology codes and where are they located?

Answer 1

Used for cancer registry and statistics (two separate things)

Located in appendix A

Question 2

Define tumor

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Abnormal Uncontrolled gross of cells characterized as malignant or benign

Question 3

What terms do you need to look up first in the alphabetic index and are not found in the neoplasm table

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Melanoma, mass, lipoma, cyst, polyps, eponyms.

Question 4

Benign neoplasm

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Usually non-threatening abnormal cell growth also known as a non malignant tumor

Question 5

Ca in situ

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Neoplasticism cells that are undergoing malignant changes that are confined to the original epithelium site without invading surrounding tissues

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Contiguous

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Two adjacent sites

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Encapsulated

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Enclosed or surrounded by a capsule

Question 8

Malignant neoplasm

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Life threatening, uncontrolled abnormal growth of cells. Also called a cancerous growth.

Question 9

Morphology

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Form and structure of a cell.

Question 10

Neoplasms of Uncertain Behavior

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Exhibits the characteristics of both benign and malignant behavior after pathological investigation

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Tumor

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An uncontrolled abnormal growth of cells and characterized as malignant or benign.
Also known as a new neoplasm

Question 12

Carcinoma

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Malignant cancer of the epithelial cells of connective tissue

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Lymphoma

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Malignant Cancer of the lymph nodes and immune system

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Leukemia

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Malignant Cancer of the blood forming organs

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Sarcoma

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Malignant Cancer of the supportive tissue such as blood vessels, bones, cartilage, and muscles

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Glioma

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Malignant tumor comprised of neurological cells of the brain

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Melonoma

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Malignant fast growing cancer of the skin-cancer of melanin producing cells.

Question 18

Adenoma

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Benign (usually), tumor found in the glandular epithelial tissue

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Fibroma

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Benign encapsulated tumor of connective tissue

Question 20

Lipoma

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Benign neoplasm of the adipose tissue

fatty tissue

Question 21

Osteoma

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Benign neoplasm of the bone