Neoplasia — Flashcards

Flashcard 1661: What is the most important factor in determining prognosis of breast cancer? _____

Answer: Metastasis

Flashcard 1662: Is bronchial carcinoid tumor related to smoking? _____

Answer: No

Flashcard 1663: _____ radiation is associated with papillary carcinoma of the thyroid

Answer: Ionizing

Flashcard 1664: What primary CNS tumor is associated with Homer-Wright rosettes? _____

Answer: Medulloblastoma

Flashcard 1665: Vinyl Chloride is a carcinogen associated with what type of cancer? _____

Answer: Angiosarcoma of the Liver

Flashcard 1666: Does fibroadenoma increase risk of breast cancer? _____

Answer: no (benign)

Flashcard 1667: Myelodysplastic syndromes are caused by _____ or environmental exposure (e.g. radiation, benzene, chemotherapy)

Answer: de novo mutations (genetics)

Flashcard 1668: The _____ variant of papillary thyroid cancer is characterized by cells whose height is at least twice their width.

Answer: Tall cell variant

Extra: Tall cell variant is a more aggressive subtype of papillary thyroid carcinoma, often seen in older individuals and associated with higher rates of vascular invasion and extrathyroidal extension. The cells are characterized by abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm and a height that is at least twice (some sources say thrice) their width.

Flashcard 1669: One subtype of invasive ductal carcinoma (breast) is _____ carcinoma, which produces tubules in a desmoplastic stroma

Answer: tubular

Flashcard 1670: What is the relative risk of developing invasive breast carcinoma with atypical epithelial hyperplasia (fibrocystic changes)? _____

Answer: 5x increased risk