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Types of Cancer Flashcards

1
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four broad categories of cancer

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

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carcinoma

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3
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what 3 cancers do children get?

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blood, brain and bone

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4
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spread of epithelial malignancy

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  • local
  • haematogenous
  • lymphatic
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5
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malignant neoplasm of the mesenchymal

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sarcoma

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6
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Ewing’s sarcoma

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bone cancer is young people

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7
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smooth muscle

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leiomyoma/sarcoma

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8
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skeletal muscle

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rhabdomyoma/sarcoma

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fat

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lipoma/sarcoma

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bone

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osteoma/sarcoma

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11
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cartilage

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chondroma/sarcoma

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12
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blood vessels

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haemangioma/ angiosarcoma

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13
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nerves

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neuroma/MPNST

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14
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two types of haematological cancer

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  1. myeloid (erythrocytes, platelets and granulocytes)

2. lymphoid (B and T cells)

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lymphoma

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tumour in the lymph (indicated by swelling)

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16
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leukaemia

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circulating malignant cells

17
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what does bone marrow involvement cause?

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

18
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define neuroectoderm cancer

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melanocytes and glial cells of CNS

19
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melanoma

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malignant neuroectoderm neoplasm

20
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brain tumours

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gliomas

21
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Weinberg hallmarks of cancer

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

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