Neoplasia — Flashcards

Laryngeal papillomas may have _____ change on biopsy

What pathology is characterized by a deficiency of the enzymes used in mismatch base repair? _____

Follicular lymphoma is distinguished from reactive follicular hyperplasia by _____ of normal lymph node architecture

Do severely dysplastic / carcinoma in situ cells penetrate the intact basement membrane?_____

Agents that damage DNA are known as _____

HPV-related vulvar carcinoma arises from _____, a dysplastic precursor lesion characterized by koilocytic change, disordered cellular maturation, nuclear atypia, and increased mitotic activity

Which type of invasive breast carcinoma is characterized as often being bilateral with multiple lesions in the same location?_____

In the "seed and soil" theory of metastasis: the "soil" (target organ) is often the first encountered _____

In patients with leukemia, unregulated growth and differentiation of WBCs in bone marrow results in _____

In invasive carcinoma, cell-cell contacts are lost by inactivation of _____