Chapter 7 Flashcards
2 basic components of all tumors
1: neoplastic cells that constitute the tumor parenchyma
2: reactive stroma made up of connective tissue, blood vessels and variable numbers of cells of the adaptive and innate immune system
Classification of tumors and their biologic behavior are based primarily on what?
the parenchymal component
Tumor growth and spread are critically dependent on what?
the stroma
If connective tissue is scant in a tumor, describe the neoplasm?
soft and fleshy
If the parenchymal cells stimulate the formation of an abundant collagenous stroma, it’s referred to as what?
desmoplasia
Some desmoplastic tumors, for example, some cancers of the female breast are stony hard or _____.
Scirrhous
Benign suffix
-oma
Benign tumor arising from fibrous tissue
fibroma
benign cartilagenous tumor
chondroma
benign epithelial neoplasm derived from glands, although they may or may not form glandular structures
Adenoma
benign epithelial neoplasm producing micro or macroscopically visible fingerlike or warty projections from epithelial surfaces
papilloma
benign tumors that form cystic masses, such as in the ovary
cystadenomas
When a neoplasm, benign or malignant, produces a macroscopically visible projection above a mucosal surface and projects, for example, into the gastric or colonic lumen
polyp
if a polyp has glandular tissue
adenomatous polym
malignant tumors arising in solid mesenchymal tissues are usually called what?
sarcomas
malignant tumors arising from blood forming cells
leukemias or lymphomas
malignant tumors of lymphocytes or their precursors
lymphomas
Malignant neoplasms of epithelial cell origin, derived from any of the 3 germ layers
carcinomas
a lesion in which the neoplastic epithelial cells grow in a glandular pattern
adenocarcinoma
tumors contain epithelial components scattered within a myxoid stroma that may contain islands of cartilage or bone
mixed tumor (pleomorphic adenoma)
Tumor which contains recognizable mature or immature cells or tissues belonging to more than one germ layer
teratoma
A particularly common pattern of teratoma which differentiates principally along ectodermal lines to create a cystic tumor lined by skin replete with hair, sebaceous glands, and tooth structures
ovarian cystic teratoma (dermoid cyst)
Benign-sounding designations used for certain malignant neoplasms
- lymphoma
- melanoma
- mesothelioma
- seminoma
disorganized but benign masses composed of cells indigenous to the involved site
Hamartomas
lack of differentiation
anaplasia
when do you see intercellular bridges and nests of keratin pearls
well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
What is the hallmark of malignancy
anaplasia
Abnormal tripolar spindle and nuclear variation in size and shape
anaplastic tumor
morphological changes associated with anaplasia
- Pleomorphism
- Abnormal nuclear morphology
- Mitosis
- Loss of polarity
- possibly large central areas of ischemic necrosis
When chromatin is more darkly stained than normal
hyperchromatic
Well-differentiated squamous cell carcinomas of the epidermis synthesize what?
keratin
well differentiated hepatocellular carcinomas elaborate what?
bile
What is characterized by a constellation of changes that include a loss in the uniformity of the individual cells as well as a loss in their architectural orientation
dysplasia
When dysplastic changes are marked and involve the full thickness of the epithelium, but the lesion does not penetrate the basement membrane
carcinoma in situ
once tumor cells breach the basement membrane, the tumor is said to be what?
invasive
neoplasms composed of tangled blood vessels
hemangiomas
Next to the development of metastases, what is the most reliable feature that differentiates cancers from benign tumors?
invasiveness
malignant neoplasms of the glial cells in the CNS
gliomas
Give 2 examples of malignant tumors that infrequently metastasize
gliomas and basal cell carcinomas of the skin
Dissemination of cancers may occur through what 3 pathways?
- direct seeding of body cavities or surfaces
- lymphatic spread
- hematogenous
What is most often involved in seeding of body cavities and surfaces
peritoneal cavity from ovaries
Sometimes mucus-secreting appendiceal carcinomas or ovarian carcinomas fill the peritoneal cavity with a gelatinous neoplastic mass referred to as what?
pseudomyxoma peritonei
What is the most common pathway for the initial dissemination of carcinomas?
transport through lymphatics
Because carcinomas of the breast usually arise in the upper outer quadrants, they generally disseminate first where?
Axillary lymph nodes
Cancers of the inner quadrants of the breast drain where?
nodes along the internall mammary arteries and then the infraclavicular and supraclavicular nodes may become involved
Carcinomas of the lung arising in the major respiratory passages metastasize first to where?
perihilar tracheobronchial and mediastinal nodes
To avoid the considerable surgical morbidity associated with a full axillary lymph node dissection, what is often used to assess the presence or absence of metastatic lesions in the lymph nodes?
biopsy of sentinel nodes
The first node in a regional lymphatic basin that receives lymph flow from the primary tumor
sentinel lymph node
Hematogenous spread is typical of what?
sarcomas but it is seen with carcinomas
What organs are most frequently involved in hematogenous dissemination
lungs and liver
embolization through the paravertebral plexus is involved in what carcinomas?
thyroid and prostate
What cancers have a propensity for invasion of veins?
- Renal Cell carcinomas
- hepotocellular carcinomas
Breast carcinoma preferentially spreads where?
bone
bronchogenic carcinomas tend to involve what organs?
adrenals and brain
neuroblastomas spread to where?
liver and bones
3 most common cancers of U.S. men
- prostate
- Lung
- Colon/rectum
3 most common cancers of U.S. women
- Breast
- Lung
- Colon/rectum
3 most common cancer of men in developing countries
- Lung
- Stomach
- Liver
3 most common cancers of women in developing countries
- breast
- cervix
- lung
individuals infected with what virus begin to develop hepatocellular carcinoma?
hepatitis C virus (HCV)
What is responsible for a large majority of cases of cervical carcinoma and an increasing fraction of head and neck cancers?
HPV
What has been called the single most important environmental factor contributing to premature death in the U.S.
Cigarette smoking
Cigarette smoke is implicated in what percent of lung cancer deaths?
about 90%
Arsenic and Arsenic compounds
- Lung carcinoma
- skin carcinoma
Asbestos
- Lung, Esophageal, gastric, and colon carcinoma
- mesothelioma
Benzene
Acute myeloid leukemia
Beryllium
-lung carcinoma
Cadmium
Prostate carcinoma
Chromium
Lung carcinoma
nickel
Lung and oropharyngeal carcinoma