How did Hippocrates describe cancer? - answer Appendage-like projections extending
from tumors
Is cancer more like a disease or syndrome? - answer Cancer is more like a syndrome
What three things is cancer characterized by? - answer Uncontrolled cellular division,
invasion of nearby tissues, and spreading to distant organs via blood and lymphatic
system
What is a complication of cancer? - answer Metastasis because of its appendage-like
projections
True or False: Screening methods do not help lower cancer rates. - answer False;
screening methods do help lower cancer rates
How are cancer screening methods determined? - answer Anatomical localization
True or False: Cancer screening methods are used for cancers that are classified as
public health problems? - answer True
Screening methods should have what two characterizations? - answer Affordable &
least invasive
Once there is an invasion of the ___________ tissue, cancer can metastasize because
of the presence of blood vessels and lymphatics. - answer connective
_______ growth is growth that is not restricted to rules. - answer Autonomous
What is dysplasia? - answerWhen cells grow and lose their normal anatomy (different
appearance) but is not cancer.
True or False: Most dysplasia is not reversible. - answer False; most dysplasia is
reversible
______ cells lose contact with their environment and do not follow the laws of the cell
cycle.
A. Cancerous
, B. Noncancerous - answerA. Cancerous
Does the word "tumor" signal cancer? - answerNo, it means that there is just abnormal
growth.
A _______ is relatively autonomous growth of tissue not subject to the rules and
regulations of normal growing cells.
A. Tumor
B. Malignant neoplasm
C. Benign neoplasm - answerB. Malignant neoplasm
Any abnormal mass or growth of tissue is a _______. - answerTumor
________ are tumors.
A. Nucleoids
B. Nucleoplasms
C. Neoplasms - answerC. Neoplasms
Which type of tumors have a capsule? - answerBenign
Which type of tumors have fast growth and metastasis? - answerMalignant
True or False: Benign tumors have an abnormal karyotype. - answerFalse; Malignant
tumors have abnormal karyotype
This type of tumor has good differentiation and rare cell division. - answerBenign
Which type of tumor has an intense mitotic activity? - answerMalignant
Why do benign tumors experience slower growth than malignant tumors? - answerThe
capsule of benign tumors restrict them.
______ is the process in which a cell can specialize and have certain structural and
functional characteristics. - answerDifferentiation
True or False: The mitotic cycles speed up when the cell differentiates. - answerFalse;
cell cycles slow down
_____ tumors look organized. - answerBenign
______ tumors look unorganized, have irregular shape and variation in color, and have
an inflammatory reaction. - answerMalignant
Any agent that can cause cancer is a _____. - answerCarcinogen
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