Molecular Diagnostics Chapter 13 EXAM 100% VERIFIED

Molecular Diagnostics Chapter 13 EXAM 100% VERIFIED Carcinoma - answera malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue Sarcomas - answerCancers that arise in the connective tissue cells, including bones, ligaments, and muscles. Leukemia - answerBlood condition of white cells; malignant (cancerous) condition. lymphoma - answermalignant tumor of lymph nodes and lymph tissue Plasma cell neoplasms - answer-lymphoid tumor -typically arise in bone marrow (not LN) & composed of terminally differentiated B cells Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - answerwthe term used to describe all lymphomas other than Hodgkin's lymphoma, loss of function tumor suppressor genes - answerA gene whose protein product inhibits cell division, thereby preventing the uncontrolled cell growth that contributes to cancer. Involved n transcription and translation of genes required for cell division, gain of function Oncogenes - answergenes that cause cancer by blocking the normal controls on cell reproduction, oncogenes prevent apoptosis