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Pathophysiology/Neoplasia

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This term describes the loss of cell differentiation in cancerous tissue.
The carcinogenicity of some chemicals is augmented by agents called these; by themselves they have little carcinogenetic ability.
The diffusion of breast cancer is quite often through this structure of channel spread.
This structure is a projecting growth from a mucosal surface, such as the intestine.
Cancer cells that demonstrate nuclei with variations in size and shape. General term.
Type of stem cell that produces one cell type but still has self renewal tendency.
Well differentiated tumor of glandular epithelial tissue is called this.
Term meaning new growth.
This enzyme can phophorylate proteins.
These are actually normal genes that can become cancer causing if mutated.
These mechanisms involve changes in the patterns of gene expression without a change in the DNA itself.
Much less well differentiated tumor of mesenchymal tissue.
Type of neoplasm much less well differentiated, and can break loose and disseminate.
This term or step describes the exposure of cells to a cancer causing agent that causes them to become vulnerable to cancer transformation.
This term often refers to the lowest point that an individual's blood cell count will reach as a side effect of chemotherapy.
Curious characteristic of cancer cells; they can proliferate in the absence of these factors.
Epithelial poorly differentiated tumor that does not break through the basement membrane is described as this.
Name of the first lymph node used to describe where the primary tumor drains.
General term for "wasting syndrome".
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This sarcoma is caused by HHV-8.
Activation of this oncogene can increase cell proliferation; found in many cancers.
Cell adhesion molecule that plays a role in the lack of cohesiveness of cancer cells facilitating their ability to break free.
These cell structures tend to shorten with every cell division.
These syndromes are rare, though are triggered by an altered immune system response to a neoplasm.
This term describes the development of a secondary tumor in a distant location from the primary tumor.
A major distinguishing difference between normal cells and cancer cells, is that the latter tend to be considered this.
The development of new blood vessels from within the tumor.
Type of scan involving the injection of a weak radioactive substance to allow it to collect in a particular organ for a short time.
A tumor that grows in the small star shaped glial cells of the brain or spinal cord.
Type of neoplasm with well differentiated cells clustered together in a single mass.
What is the term for this type of physiological cell inhibition that keeps cells from reproducing after they have reached a certain density.
System used by many facilities; classifies the disease into stages using three tumor components. Abbreviation.
Neoplasm of epithelial tissue.
Well differentiated tumors that expand slowly and have a rim of compressed connective tissue is this type of capsule.