neoplasm - Answer abnormal growth of tissue (not always cancer)
benign or malignant - Answer a tumor can be
benign - Answer what type of tumor grows slowly, has a well-defined capsule, is not
invasive, is well-differentiated, has a low mitotic index, and does not metastasize?
malignant - Answer what type of tumor grows rapidly, is not encapsulated, is invasive,
poorly differentiated, has a high mitotic index, and can metastasis?
non-cancerous - Answer a benign tumor is
cancerous - Answer a malignant tumor is
adenoma - Answer benign tumor of glandular epithelial tissue
adenocarcinoma - Answer malignant tumor of glandular epithelial tissue
carcinoma - Answer a malignant tumor that occurs of epithelial tissue
osteoma - Answer benign tumor of bone tissue
sarcoma - Answer malignant tumor of mesenchymal tissue
papilloma - Answer benign microscopic or macroscopic finger-like projections growing
on a surface
tissues from which they arise; -oma - Answer A benign tumor is named according to the
_____ _____ ____ _____ ______ and include the suffix "______."
mass - Answer -oma means
from fat cells - Answer lipoma
leiomyoma - Answer from smooth muscles of uterus
meningioma - Answer from meningioma tissue of brain
progress to cancer - Answer a benign tumor can
cell type from which they arise - Answer a malignant tumor us named according to the
ability to spread - Answer what is the deadliest characteristic of a malignant tumor?
, Carcinoma in situ (CIS) - Answer Preinvasive epithelial malignant tumors of glandular
squamous cells or epithelial organ that have not broken through the basement
membrane or invaded the surrounding stroma
base membrane - Answer A CIS is in the epithelium, but has not invaded the _____
_______ yet.
- remain stable a long time
- progress to invasive/metastatic cancers
- regress and disappear - Answer the 3 possible fates of CIS lesions
skin and breasts - Answer CIS tumors are usually in which two cancers?
d. Cancer refers to a malignant tumor - Answer which of the following statements is
true?
a. all neoplasms are cancerous
b. benign growth are cancerous
c. malignant tumors have slow growth
d. cancer refers to a malignant tumor
1. tumor initiation
2. tumor promotion
3. tumor progression - Answer what are the three steps of tumor formation?
tumor initiation - Answer produces initial cancer cells and tissues are replicating
differently is which step in tumor formation
tumor promotion - Answer expanding with diversity of cancer cells phenotypes is which
step in tumor formation
tumor progession - Answer this step of tumor formation leads to metastasis
metastasis - Answer The spread of cancer cells beyond their original site
- direct invasion
- seeding of cancer cells in body cavities
- metastatic spread through the blood or lymph pathways - Answer 3 methods by which
cancer spreads are
direct extension/penetration of cancer into neighboring tissues - Answer direct invasion
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