N5315 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY - CANCER
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
Anaplasia Ans✓✓✓Loss of cellular differentiation
Benign tumors are Ans✓✓✓Non cancerous cells
Leukemia Ans✓✓✓Blood condition of white cells (leukocytes);
malignant (cancerous) condition.
Cancer Cells (What do they do?) Ans✓✓✓Cells that Ignore signals that
instruct normal cells to stop cellular division and trigger apoptosis.
Benign tumor characteristics Ans✓✓✓Non-malignant new growth.
They do not spread to locally or distant sites. They are well
encapsulated.
Benign Tumor Ans✓✓✓Do not invade tissue.
May become large & compress normal tissue.
Inhibit blood.
Benign Tumor (head) Ans✓✓✓May cause an increase in ICP due to
growth and size.
, Malignant Tumors (Characteristics) Ans✓✓✓They do not look like the
tissue of origin.
Poorly differentiated.
They have rapid cell growth.
They can spread to local tissues or distant sites.
Why do malignant cells metastasize? Ans✓✓✓They are not
encapsulated.
Malignant Tumor Ans✓✓✓A tumor that has a biological characteristic
of anaplasia.
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Ans✓✓✓A malignant tumor of the surface
epithelial tissue of the liver.
Adeno- Ans✓✓✓Glandular epithelial tissue (deep epithelial tissue or
glands)
Adenoma Ans✓✓✓Benign tumor of glandular cells.
Adenocarcinoma Ans✓✓✓A malignant tumor that originates in
glandular tissue.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
Anaplasia Ans✓✓✓Loss of cellular differentiation
Benign tumors are Ans✓✓✓Non cancerous cells
Leukemia Ans✓✓✓Blood condition of white cells (leukocytes);
malignant (cancerous) condition.
Cancer Cells (What do they do?) Ans✓✓✓Cells that Ignore signals that
instruct normal cells to stop cellular division and trigger apoptosis.
Benign tumor characteristics Ans✓✓✓Non-malignant new growth.
They do not spread to locally or distant sites. They are well
encapsulated.
Benign Tumor Ans✓✓✓Do not invade tissue.
May become large & compress normal tissue.
Inhibit blood.
Benign Tumor (head) Ans✓✓✓May cause an increase in ICP due to
growth and size.
, Malignant Tumors (Characteristics) Ans✓✓✓They do not look like the
tissue of origin.
Poorly differentiated.
They have rapid cell growth.
They can spread to local tissues or distant sites.
Why do malignant cells metastasize? Ans✓✓✓They are not
encapsulated.
Malignant Tumor Ans✓✓✓A tumor that has a biological characteristic
of anaplasia.
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Ans✓✓✓A malignant tumor of the surface
epithelial tissue of the liver.
Adeno- Ans✓✓✓Glandular epithelial tissue (deep epithelial tissue or
glands)
Adenoma Ans✓✓✓Benign tumor of glandular cells.
Adenocarcinoma Ans✓✓✓A malignant tumor that originates in
glandular tissue.
