Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: 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*

Answer: unregulated

Flashcard 2: What is the first cancer to be directly associated with genetic abnormality?_____

Answer: Retinoblastoma

Flashcard 3: To remember the most common neoplasias that spread _____Embryonal carcinomaHepatocellular carcinomaSarcomaChoriocarcinomaRenal cell carcinomaFollicular carcinoma of the thyroid

Answer: hematogenously (Every Hematogenous Spreading Cancer Reigns Foolishly)

Flashcard 4: What is the most common visceral organ involved in metastatic spread of neoplasms?

Answer: Liver

Extra: The most common **site** of metastasis overall is the **lymph nodes**. The most common **visceral organ** involved in distant (hematogenous) metastasis is the **liver**, followed by the **lungs**. *Note: The liver is frequently involved because it receives blood from both the systemic circulation and the portal system.*

Flashcard 5: 2-Naphthylamine is a carcinogenic aromatic amine found in _____ associated with Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder

Answer: cigarette smoke

Flashcard 6: The two goals of cancer screening are to catch:(1) to catch _____ before it becomes carcinoma (2) detect carcinoma before clinical symptoms arise

Answer: dysplasia

Flashcard 7: _____ is a molecular test in breast cancer that is a 70-gene assay

Answer: Mammaprint

Flashcard 8: _____ classification is used for classifying neuroblastoma.

Answer: Shimada

Flashcard 9: Glomus tumor is a _____ growing tumor that is locally invasive.

Answer: slow (rapidly/slow)

Flashcard 10: The following image represents the _____ carcinoma subtype of invasive ductal carcinoma (breast): hint: the circled area is lymphatics

Answer: inflammatory