Cancer Terminology and Characteristics, (Chapter 1

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Cancer Terminology and Characteristics, (Chapter 11, p. 227)
By Jose Vargas
Cancer-comes from the Latin translation of the Greek word for crab, karkinoma, which the physician Hippocrates used to describe the appendage-like projections extending from tumors into adjacent tissue.
•Benign tumors-are usually encapsulated with connective tissue and contain fairly well-differentiated cells and well-organized stroma. They retain recognizable normal tissue structure and do not invade beyond their capsule, nor do they spread to regional lymph nodes or distant locations.
Benign tumors are generally named according to the tissues from which they arise with the suffix “-oma,” which indicates a tumor or mass. For example, a benign tumor of the smooth muscle of the uterus is a leiomyoma, and a benign tumor of fat cells is a lipoma
Benign tumors are generally named according to the tissues from which they arise with the suffix “-oma,” which indicates a tumor or mass. For example, a benign tumor of the smooth muscle of the uterus is a leiomyoma, and a benign tumor of fat cells is a lipoma
•malignant tumors , which are distinguished from benign tumors by more rapid growth rates and specific microscopic alterations, including loss of differentiation and absence of normal tissue organization
•Anaplasia - the loss of cellular differentiation.
•Pleomorphic-with marked variability of size and shape. They often have large darkly stained nuclei, and xmitotic cells are common.
•Metastasis is the ability of tumors to spread far beyond the tissue of origin.
• A malignant tumor arising from breast glandular tissue is a mammary adenocarcinoma. Benign breast tumor is a fibroadenoma.
•Cancers arising in epithelial tissue are called carcinomas , and if they arise from or form ductal or glandular structures are named adenocarcinomas .
•Malignant cancers of skeletal muscle are known as rhabdomyosarcomas.
•Cancers of lymphatic tissue are called lymphomas , whereas cancers of blood-forming cells are called leukemias.
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References:
Huether, S. E., & McCance, K. L. (2019). Study Guide for Understanding Pathophysiology - E-Book: Study Guide for Understanding Pathophysiology - E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences.Cancer Terminology and Characteristics, (Chapter 11, p. 227)

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