Disease States Iii - Cancer (Dr. Hilliard) Questions And Answers A+ Review

Disease States III - Cancer (Dr. Hilliard) Questions And Answers A+ Review 1 / 19 1. Cancer is derived from Greek word meaning... karkinos, crab 2. t/f cancer is not a tumor true 3. what is cancer an abnormal growth resulting from un- controlled prolifera- tion 4. what is a neoplasm new growth 5. begnin tumor - slow growth - well define capsule - not invasive - well differentiated - low mitotic index - does not metasta- size 6. benign tumors are named according to the tissue from which they arise and include suffix -oma 7. malignant tumor - rapid growth - not encapsulated - invasive - anaplasia (not dif- ferentiated) - high mitotic index - metastasis 8. lipoma fatty tumor 9. leiomyoma smooth muscle tu- mor 10. colonic or gastric polyps colon or stomach 11. nevi melanocytes (moles)2 / 19 12. which are benign tumors lipoma leiomyoma colonic/gastric nevi 13. carcinomas malignant epithelial tissue 14. adenocarcinoma malignant tumor of ducts of glands 15. sarcoma malignant tumor of connective tissue 16. lymphomas cancer of the lymph nodes 17. leukemia cancer of the blood forming cells 18. carcinoma in situ cancer in the early stage before invad- ing surrounding tis- sue