Neoplasia — Flashcards

Osteosarcomas account for _____% of primary bone cancers

The tumor cells of pilocytic astrocytomas stain positive for _____

Which salivary gland tumor is associated with a high rate of recurrence following resection? _____

The Knudson two-hit hypothesis states that _____ copy/copies of a tumor suppressor gene must be knocked out for tumor formation

Colorectal cancer is the _____ most common cancer by incidence and mortality

What is the only way to make an absolute diagnosis of cancer?_____

What is the percent chance of reversal back to normal cervical epithelium in carcinoma in situ? _____

What is the associated tumor that results from amplification of the HER2/neu (c-erbB2) oncogene?_____

Melanoma is often driven by activating mutations in _____ kinase

High grade tumors are _____ differentiated