BIOLOGY OF TUMOR GROWTH

Question 1

what are the types of growth?

Answer 1

differentiation
anaplasia
dysplasia
metaplasia

Question 2

example of differentiation?

Answer 2

benign tumor (adenoma) of thyroid

Question 3

example of anaplasia?

Answer 3

cellular/nuclear pleomorphism

nuclear hyperchromasia

Question 4

dysplasia is seen in what lesions?

Answer 4

epithelial lesions and does not indicate cancer and does not progress to cancer

Question 5

examples of dysplasia?

Answer 5

anaplastic tumor of skeletal muscle (rhabdomyosarcoma)

malignant tumor (adenocarcinoma) of colon

squamous cell carcinoma

anaplastic tumor

Question 6

replacement of one type of cell with another type; found in association with tissue damage, repair, and regeneration

example?

Answer 6

metaplasia

carcinoma in situ of the cervix

failure of normal differentiation, nuclear and cellular pleomorphism