Oncology Flashcards
most deadly cancer
lung and bronchus
abnormal cells have invasive characteristics and infiltrate other issues
metastasis
lymphatic spread
travel through lymp
hematogenous spread
blood
angiogenesis spread
new capillaries provide route for tumor cells
- leads to neovascularization
stages of cancer
initation
promotion
progression
benign ending
-oma
difference in apperence of benign and malignant
clearly defined edges
malignant tumor name
accruing to tissue
malignant epithelial tumors
carcinomas
right color cancer
silent
left colon cancer
ribbion stool
carcinoma in situ
not malignant YET
- can progress or regress
HER2
breast cancer
what can cause increase in PSA
BPH
prostatitis
and cancer
- not a definitive diagnosis
tertiary of cancer
soften the impact
OR
prevent second cancer
HPV vaccine ages
2 before 15
3 after
screening for colonoscopy
45
CXR cancer of the lung
not seen
high glucose utilization of cancer can be detected through
PET scan
TNM classiciation
tumor - 4
nodes - 3
M - 0/1
TNM is useful to descrive
clinical spread of disease
sentinel node
node connected to cancer
most common implanted vascular device
mediport