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Neoplasm
"new" + "to mould" = new growth
Is neoplasm normal or abnormal?
ABNORMAL
(Normal Cell Proliferation)

Normally, cells divide a certain number of times, only fill so much space, and they do this in the _____ location.
right
(Normal Cell Proliferation)

In normal tissue, there are ______ for cell division.
controls
In neoplasms, cells escape control for ____ _____.
Cell division
In neoplasm, cells divide more or less than they should?
more
The end result of neoplasm is a mass of cells with _____ number, in a ____ location.
↑, inappropriate
(Normal Differentiation)

Normal cell differentiation is _____.
orderly
(Disorderly Differentiation)

Neoplasm cells remain stuck in more _____ states.
immature
Immature/undifferentiated cells show behaviors that are like expressing
fetal proteins/hormones
Malignant neoplasms spread into
surrounding tissues and body parts
Neoplasms are a diverse group of
diseases
We classify neoplasm by ____ and _____
behavior

tissue of origin
Benign masses expand into spaces where
they don't belong
(Benign)
Don't invade
surrounding tissues
(Benign)
There's no
metastasis
(Benign)
Growth rate is
low
(Benign)
Have little
mitosis
(Benign)
pressure of mass on surrounding tissue has
atrophy
(Malignant)
Invade
surrounding tissue
(Malignant)
Has
metastasis
(Malignant)
Have lots of
mitosis and growth
(Malignant)
damages
surrounding tissue
Malignancy has
- ↑ ______
- incomplete _______
-proliferation

-differentiation
Incomplete differentiation in malignancy means
-cells...
-nuclei...
-abnormal...
-cells vary in size and shape
-nuclei have greater volume than norm
-abnormal ploidy
-Epithelium Tissue
Malignant: ______

-Connective Tissue
Malignant: ______

-carcinomas
-sarcoma
Dysplasia -
cell changes as a sign of malignancy but
no invasion present (yet)
Dysplasia acts as what kind of sign?
warning
Dysplasia is common in
epithelial tissues
If whole depth of the tissue is dysplasic, the the term ____ in ____ is used.
carcinoma in situ
Hamartoma is a ____ -like mass
tumor
Hamartoma lacks ______ behavior
autonomous (independence)
Hamartoma has good differentiation
in the ______ ______
right organ
Heteroplasia happens at what stage?
stem cell
In Heteroplasia, differentiation of tissue is
wrong for location
2 Benign epithelial neoplasms are
-papilloma

-adenoma
In Papilloma:
- epithelial cells grow in
- squamous cells grow in
- a sheet
-transitional or columnar
In Adenoma:
- cells are in
- arises from
- solid islands or masses of cells
-gland or duct epithelium
In Adenoma development, small groups of cells gather around
a lumen
What may develop in Adenoma?
-a cyst or cystadenoma
In hyperplasia, there is...
a lot of cells
In Hypertrophy cells...
cells that get bigger
Hyperplasia is controlled by _____ feedback mechanisms
negative
Hyperplasia is a response to an...
↑ in functional need
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
-Girls:
-Boys:
-masculization
-early puberty
There is loss of salt in what kind of hyperplasia
congenital adrenal
Defective adrenal cells:
↑...
↓...
-↑ adrenocorticopic hormone from pituitary
-↓ coritsol and aldosterone
2 causes for Thyroid Hyperplasia:
1. abnormal stimuli
2. problem with feedback for TSH
3 places hypertrophy occurs:
1. uterus during pregnancy
2. bladder when urine outflow is
obstructed/blocked
3. heart with ↑ workload
Due to ↓ demand, atrophy ↓ in
↓ in bulk (mass)
non-neoplastic changes STOP when _____ is
removed
stimulus
Neoplastic changes don't respond to ____ _____
normal stimuli
Transformation (Woolf) -
refers to cells that have changed into neoplastic cells and exhibit all that behavior
Transformed cells don't show _____ ______
in cell culture
contact inhibition
Normal cells recognize each other, communicate about _____, and _____ to each other
division, adhere
Neoplastic cells fail to hold back signals that would ______ ________
restrain/control proliferation
In neoplastic cells, what encourages them to proliferate
↑ growth factor expression
(ex: TNF-alpha, PDGF)
Anaplasia in Neoplastic Cells -
lose morphology and orientation of mature cells
Cells that have most potential to divide in body are located in
stem cell compartment
Stem cells are not ______
different from each other (undifferentiated)
2 results when:
Stem cell → mitosis =
1. stem cell (grow into a stem cell that grows to be anything)
2. daughter cell that's more committed to
functional cell line like lymphocyte
Transcriptional control is when:
______ → _______
DNA → RNA
DNA → RNA → PROTEIN
-DNA → RNA:
Transcriptional control
-RNA:
process, transport, degradation/stabilization
-RNA → PROTEIN:
translational control, control of proteins
In transformed cells, differentiation can be _____
heterogenous
In transformed cells, serious lack of
differentiation results in ______
anaplasia