Types of Cancer

Question 1

four broad categories of cancer

Answer 1

1. epithelium
2. mesenchymal
3. haematological
4. neuroectoderm

Question 2

epithelium malignancy

Answer 2

carcinoma

Question 3

what 3 cancers do children get?

Answer 3

blood, brain and bone

Question 4

spread of epithelial malignancy

Answer 4

• local
• haematogenous
• lymphatic

Question 5

malignant neoplasm of the mesenchymal

Answer 5

sarcoma

Question 6

Ewing’s sarcoma

Answer 6

bone cancer is young people

Question 7

smooth muscle

Answer 7

leiomyoma/sarcoma

Question 8

skeletal muscle

Answer 8

rhabdomyoma/sarcoma

Question 9

fat

Answer 9

lipoma/sarcoma

Question 10

bone

Answer 10

osteoma/sarcoma

Question 11

cartilage

Answer 11

chondroma/sarcoma

Question 12

blood vessels

Answer 12

haemangioma/ angiosarcoma

Question 13

nerves

Answer 13

neuroma/MPNST

Question 14

two types of haematological cancer

Answer 14

1. myeloid (erythrocytes, platelets and granulocytes)

2. lymphoid (B and T cells)

Question 15

lymphoma

Answer 15

tumour in the lymph (indicated by swelling)

Question 16

leukaemia

Answer 16

circulating malignant cells

Question 17

what does bone marrow involvement cause?

Answer 17

blood cells being replaced by malignant cells (indicated by FBC being low)

Question 18

define neuroectoderm cancer

Answer 18

melanocytes and glial cells of CNS

Question 19

melanoma

Answer 19

malignant neuroectoderm neoplasm

Question 20

brain tumours

Answer 20

gliomas

Question 21

Weinberg hallmarks of cancer

Answer 21

1. evasion of growth suppressors
2. invasion and metastasis
3. inducing angiogenesis
4. evading apoptosis
5. sustaining proliferation
6. replication immortality