Advanced Pathophysiology- Cancer Test Bank Solution Manual Latest Update 2024 (Already Passed)
benign - Answers mild, not cancerous
malignant - Answers cancerous
lipoma - Answers a benign, slow-growing fatty tumor located between the skin and the muscle layer
leiomyoma - Answers benign tumor of smooth muscle
carcinoma - Answers a malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue
adenocarcinoma - Answers a malignant tumor that originates in glandular tissue
sarcoma - Answers malignant tumor of connective tissue
lymphoma - Answers malignant tumor of lymph nodes and lymph tissue
Leukemia - Answers Blood condition of white cells; malignant (cancerous) condition.
carcinoma in situ - Answers cancer in the early stage before invading surrounding tissue
Mutation - Answers change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information
gene amplification - Answers An increase in the number of copies of a particular segment of DNA
chromosome translocation - Answers a piece on one chromosome is transferred to another
clonal proliferation - Answers a rapid increase in growth and development
malignant transformation - Answers the process of changing a normal cell into a cancer cell
Oncogenes - Answers cancer causing genes
Pro-oncogenes - Answers a normal healthy gene that if changed can become an Oncogene
tumor suppressors - Answers a gene that inhibits the growth of tumors; deletion or inactivation of such
a gene can result in cancer
genomic instability - Answers Increase tendency of an organism's DNA to acquire mutations
Telomeres - Answers ends of chromosomes
Angiogenesis - Answers formation of new blood vessels
Cancer metabolism - Answers - cancer cells perform glycolysis
- Allows lactate and its metabolites to be used for the more efficient production of lipids and other
molecular building blocks needed for rapid cell growth.
benign - Answers mild, not cancerous
malignant - Answers cancerous
lipoma - Answers a benign, slow-growing fatty tumor located between the skin and the muscle layer
leiomyoma - Answers benign tumor of smooth muscle
carcinoma - Answers a malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue
adenocarcinoma - Answers a malignant tumor that originates in glandular tissue
sarcoma - Answers malignant tumor of connective tissue
lymphoma - Answers malignant tumor of lymph nodes and lymph tissue
Leukemia - Answers Blood condition of white cells; malignant (cancerous) condition.
carcinoma in situ - Answers cancer in the early stage before invading surrounding tissue
Mutation - Answers change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information
gene amplification - Answers An increase in the number of copies of a particular segment of DNA
chromosome translocation - Answers a piece on one chromosome is transferred to another
clonal proliferation - Answers a rapid increase in growth and development
malignant transformation - Answers the process of changing a normal cell into a cancer cell
Oncogenes - Answers cancer causing genes
Pro-oncogenes - Answers a normal healthy gene that if changed can become an Oncogene
tumor suppressors - Answers a gene that inhibits the growth of tumors; deletion or inactivation of such
a gene can result in cancer
genomic instability - Answers Increase tendency of an organism's DNA to acquire mutations
Telomeres - Answers ends of chromosomes
Angiogenesis - Answers formation of new blood vessels
Cancer metabolism - Answers - cancer cells perform glycolysis
- Allows lactate and its metabolites to be used for the more efficient production of lipids and other
molecular building blocks needed for rapid cell growth.
