Neoplasia — Flashcards

Flashcard 151: A(n) _____ is detected with FISH as fluorescence outside the original chromosome

Answer: translocation

Flashcard 152: When performing Immunohistochemistry; a stain for ER can be used to identify malignancies of _____ epithelium

Answer: breast

Flashcard 153: Cancers that are detected late by screening tend to have a(n) _____ prognosis

Answer: poor

Flashcard 154: A(n) _____ is a tumor of pancreatic delta cells

Answer: somatostatinoma

Flashcard 155: A characteristic of the transformation from normal cells to dysplastic cells is that they become _____

Answer: pleomorphic

Extra: Dysplasia is characterized by disordered growth, which involves a loss in the uniformity of the individual cells and a loss in their architectural orientation.

Flashcard 156: Vestibular Schwannomas are encapsulated tumors of neoplastic Schwann cells with alternating areas of hypercellularity [_____] & hypocellularity [_____]

Answer: Antoni A

Flashcard 157: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is classically seen in _____ children

Answer: African

Flashcard 158: One subtype of invasive ductal carcinoma (breast) is _____ carcinoma, which is characterized by an erythematous and swollen breast that does not resolve with antibiotics

Answer: inflammatory

Flashcard 159: CDKN2A is a(n) _____

Answer: tumor suppressor gene

Flashcard 160: _____ tumors are mobile

Answer: Benign