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21 Cards in this Set
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A neoplasm |
abnormal mass of tissue |
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neoplasia |
process by which neoplasm is formed |
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tumour |
swelling, term used instead of neoplasm |
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benign tumour |
grows by expansion displacing surrounding tissue |
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malignant tumour |
grows by infiltration of local tissues and spreads to other parts |
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metastasis |
secondary tumour |
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routes of metastasis |
lymphatics transcoelomic blood within epithelium |
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sites of metastases |
lymph nodes liver lungs bone brain endocrines skin |
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benign epitheal tumours |
adenoma pailloma cystadenoma |
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Polyp |
mass attached to surface |
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malignant tumours |
cancer carcinoma sarcoma |
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carcinoma |
tumour of epithelial tissue |
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sarcoma |
tumour of stromal tissue |
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2 types of lymphoma |
hodgkin's (mixture of cells) non-hodgkin's (lacks cellular mixture) |
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precursours of malignancy |
lesions with an increase risk of development |
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chronic inflammation |
varicous veins - skin cancer |
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cirrohsis of the liver |
hepatocellular carcinoma |
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chronic ulcrative colitis |
adenocarcinoma of large intestine |
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familial polyposis coli |
carcinoma is inevitable |
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intra epithelial neoplasia |
nuclear changes - dysplasia important in uterine, cervix bronchus |
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tumour staging |
size of primary tumour extent of lymph node disease any blood-bone metastasis |
