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What is the main characteristic of uncontrolled/unregulated cell growth.
cancer cells?
What do cancer cells do to normal - Evade normal signs that stop growth.
cells?
- Evade normal death signals that prevent
proliferation of damaged cells.
What do cancer cells induce? the formation of new blood vessels to feed
themselves (angiogenesis).
What do cancer cells acquire the invade other tissues and spread throughout body
ability to do? (metastasis).
What are the three stages of theory Initiation - Promotion - Progression
of causation?
What does it mean when cancer has It has gone through the vasculature.
metastasized?
, What are the three different routes of Seeding
metastatic spread? - throughout a body cavity.
Lymphatic
- entrapment in nodes.
Blood Vessels
- most common means of metastic spread.
What are the stages of cellular Normal
transformation cells go through to |
become cancer cells? Hyperplasia: increase in the number of cells.
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Dysplasia: alteration in size, shape, and
organization of cells.
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Cancer
What does cancer do to the Bone marrow suppression
hematological system?
What does bone marrow - Anemia
suppression cause? - Leukoopenia/Neutropenia
- Thrombocytopenia
- Pancytopenia
What does a CBC without differential - WBC
measure? - Hemoglobin
- Hematocrit
- Platelets
What does a CBC with differential - Breakdown of various types of WBCs
measure? - Absolute Neutrophil Count
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Terms in this set (42)
What is the main characteristic of uncontrolled/unregulated cell growth.
cancer cells?
What do cancer cells do to normal - Evade normal signs that stop growth.
cells?
- Evade normal death signals that prevent
proliferation of damaged cells.
What do cancer cells induce? the formation of new blood vessels to feed
themselves (angiogenesis).
What do cancer cells acquire the invade other tissues and spread throughout body
ability to do? (metastasis).
What are the three stages of theory Initiation - Promotion - Progression
of causation?
What does it mean when cancer has It has gone through the vasculature.
metastasized?
, What are the three different routes of Seeding
metastatic spread? - throughout a body cavity.
Lymphatic
- entrapment in nodes.
Blood Vessels
- most common means of metastic spread.
What are the stages of cellular Normal
transformation cells go through to |
become cancer cells? Hyperplasia: increase in the number of cells.
|
Dysplasia: alteration in size, shape, and
organization of cells.
|
Cancer
What does cancer do to the Bone marrow suppression
hematological system?
What does bone marrow - Anemia
suppression cause? - Leukoopenia/Neutropenia
- Thrombocytopenia
- Pancytopenia
What does a CBC without differential - WBC
measure? - Hemoglobin
- Hematocrit
- Platelets
What does a CBC with differential - Breakdown of various types of WBCs
measure? - Absolute Neutrophil Count
