Neoplasia — Flashcards

_____ results in white patches in the oral cavity that cannot be scraped away

Hint: Candida albicans or Leukoplakia

Letterer-Siwe disease is a(n) _____ proliferation of Langerhans cells

Hint: benign or malignant

During carcinogenesis, DNA mutations eventually disrupt key regulatory systems, allowing for tumor _____ and progression

Osteolytic bone metastases are most common where? _____

Lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma is most common in _____

Hint: which race/sex?

Overexpression of Bcl2 in the follicle of a lymph node results in a lack of apoptosis of _____ during somatic hypermutation

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is subclassified into _____-ALL and _____-ALL based on surface markers

Tumors that cause a(n) paraneoplastic polycythemia can be remembered with the mnemonic: Paraneoplastic rise to high hematocrit levels P_____ Renal cell carcinoma Hepatocellular Carcinoma Hemangioblastoma Leiomyoma

_____ are benign tumors of nasal mucosa composed of large blood vessels and fibrous tissues

HER2 (c-erbB2) is a(n) _____ receptor found in certain types of breast and gallbladder carcinoma