tumors

Question 1

What Are the two types of tumours?

Answer 1

Benign tumour and malignant tumour

Question 2

Explain a benign tumour

Answer 2

cells are not cancerous and won’t spread

Capsulated, slow growing, good differentiation, look like the parent cell, Good outcomes, little local effect

Question 3

Explain a malignant tumour

Answer 3

cells are cancerous and can spread to other tissues and organs

Growth rate is variable – but abnormal, invasive, locally very disruptive, differentiation variable, little or no resemblance to parent cells – anaplasia, Spread as common, life-threatening

Question 4

Where can you find a benign tumour

Answer 4

lipoma , Granuloma, adenoma, fibroma

Question 5

Where can you find malignant tumours

Answer 5

carcinoma, sarcoma, Lymphoma , leukaemia