Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention — Flashcards

Neoplasia is new tissue growth which has three characteristics that distinguish it from hyperplasia and repair:1 - It is _____ 2 - It is irreversible3 - Generally speaking, it is monoclonal*

What is the first cancer to be directly associated with genetic abnormality?_____

To remember the most common neoplasias that spread _____Embryonal carcinomaHepatocellular carcinomaSarcomaChoriocarcinomaRenal cell carcinomaFollicular carcinoma of the thyroid

What is the most common site of metastatic neoplasms?_____

2-Napthylamine is a carcinogenic aromatic amine found in _____ associated with Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder

The two goals of cancer screening are to catch:(1) to catch _____ before it becomes carcinoma (2) detect carcinoma before clinical symptoms arise

_____ is a molecular test in breast cancer that is a 70-gene assay

_____ classification is used for classifying neuroblastoma.

Glomus tumor is a _____ growing tumor that is locally invasive.

The following image represents the _____ carcinoma subtype of invasive ductal carcinoma (breast): hint: the circled area is lymphatics