TEST 3 Flashcards
DEFINITION: Uncontrolled and rapid cellular growth
CANCER
2 ways cancer cells spread in tissue:
- Grow & invade adjacent tissues
2. Break away from original tumor mass and travel by means of the blood or lymphatic system to distant sites
DEFINITION: is a disease or symptom that is the consequence of the presence of cancer in the body
PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES (PNS)
First Signs of Malignancy:
- Cachexia (most common) – like wasting
2. Fever, fatigue, weight loss
DEFINITION: Pharmacological treatment of cancer
CHEMOTHERAPY
2 groups of antineoplastic drugs:
- Cell cycle-nonspecific (CCNS)
2. Cell cycle-specific (CCS)
TRUE OR FALSE? Antineoplast drugs target healthy and non-cancerous cells in different ways
FALSE - DO not differentiate between healthy and non-cancerous cells
DEFINITION: Original site of growth
PRIMARY LESION
DEFINITION:
• Uncontrolled cell growth
• Secondary lesion in a new part of the body
METASTASIS
DEFINITION: Mass of new cells; tumor
NEOPLASM
DEFINITION: can be benign or malignant (cancerous)
TUMOR
DEFINITION: cancers of epithelial tissue
CARCINOMAS
DEFINITION: cancers of connective tissue
SARCOMA
DEFINITION: cancers of bone marrow, lymph tissue
LYMPHOMAS
DEFINITION: cancer cancers of blood
LEUKEMIAS
DEFINITION: Non-cancerous and not an immediate threat to life.
BENIGN
DEFINITION: Leakage of an intravenously or intra-arterially administered drug into the tissue space surrounding the blood vessel.
EXTRAVASATION
DEFINITION: The absence of cellular differentiation.
ANAPLASIA
DEFINITION: A malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues.
LEUKEMIA
DEFINITION: A neoplasm of lymphoid tissue that is usually malignant but, in rare cases, may be benign.
LYMPHOMA
DEFINITION: The process by which cancer spreads from the original site of growth to a new and remote part of the body.
METASTASIS
DEFINITION: Antineoplastic drugs that are cytotoxic in any phase of the cellular growth cycle.
CELL-CYCLE NON-SPECIFIC
DEFINITION: A malignant neoplasm of the connective tissue arising in fibrous, fatty, muscular, synovial, vascular, or neural tissue.
SARCOMA
DEFINITION: A permanent change in cellular genetic material (DNA).
MUTATION