tumor pathology

Question 1

what is a neoplasm?

Answer 1

abnormal growing mass of tissue (tumour)

Question 2

describe the growth of tumours?

Answer 2

autonomous growth ( grow uncontrollably)

Question 3

what are the two types of tumour?

Answer 3

benign
malignant - cancer

Question 4

what does metastasise mean?

Answer 4

ability for cancer cells to spread.

Question 5

common types of cancer for men?

Answer 5

prostate, lung,colon,bladder

Question 6

common types of cancers for women?

Answer 6

breast,ovary,uterus ,colon and lung

Question 7

list the 3 cancers with the highest survival rate

Answer 7

melanoma , uterus and breast cancer

Question 8

what are cancers with LOw survial rates

Answer 8

Lung and Ovary (LOw)

Question 9

What are the two types of epithelium that can host cancer?

Answer 9

glandular and squamous

Question 10

what do benign and malignant tumors end in?

Answer 10

benign= oma
malignant- sarcoma

Question 11

What are the names given to benign tumours for the connective tissues (Bone, Fat, Fibrous tissue)

Answer 11

bone-osteoma
fat-lipoma
fibrous- fibroma

Question 12

What are the names given to malignant tumours for the connective tissues (Bone, Fat, Fibrous tissue)

Answer 12

bone-osteo-sarcoma
fat-liposarcoma
fibrous- fibro-sarcoma

Question 13

What is the name given to cancer of the lymphoid tissue?

Answer 13

lynphoma

Question 14

what are tumors of the CNS called?

what are tumors of the PNS called?

Answer 14

astrocytoma in CNS

schwannoma in PNS

Question 15

do benign and malignant tumors exist in the CNS?

Answer 15

no they dont exist as there is limited space

Question 16

where do Germ cell tumors develop?

Answer 16

ovary or testicles

rememebr they’re involved in gamete cells/reproducing to form sperm and egg

Question 17

name given to germ cell tumors?

Answer 17

teratoma

Question 18

Are ovarian teratomas benign or malignant usually?
and are testicular teratomas either or aswell?

Answer 18

ovarian- benign (enclosed space and encapsulated )

testicular-malignant

Question 19

what does the words Aetiology, pathogenesis and prognosis mean?

Answer 19

aetiology - cause of disease

pathogensis - development/spread of disease

prognosis -the outcomem

Question 20

what is pathology and what does it describe?

Answer 20

study/language of diseases

describes the mechanisms and how it relates clinically to medicine.