Neoplasia — Flashcards

Breast Cancer Assessment: The _____ receptor is evaluated via immunohistochemistry and is located on the cell membrane.

10% to 15% of individuals do not have the elevation of the CA 19-9 level in CA pancreas, a finding that has been associated with blood _____ antigennegative status.

Mutations that cause _____ of the PDGFB proto-oncogene can precipitate development of an Astrocytoma by creating an autocrine loop

Metastasis to the lung is most often from _____, colon, prostate, and bladder cancer

Histological examination of oncocytoma reveals large _____ophilic cells (owing to an abundance of mitochondria) arranged in distinct nests.

Luminal B subtype of breast cancer can be ER/PR _____ve and HER2 +/-ve, with high Ki67

Which type(s) of cells line the fibrovascular projections of a papillary carcinoma of the breast? _____

_____ is due to an inherited mutation in the APC gene on chromosome 5q

Pleomorphic adenoma is a slow growing _____ tumor that is potentially malignant

The classic location for _____ cell carcinoma is the lower lip