PATHO Neoplasms Homework Quiz

Which of the following exaggerated growth responses is the replacement of one tissue type by cells of another type?

Which of the following is the increase in the number of cells due to an abnormal growth stimulus? 

Which of the following terms is the increase of cell proliferation and an increase in the number of cells without the presence of a growth stimulus?

Proliferation of neoplastic cells includes all of the following except:

All of the following are characteristics of a benign neoplasm except:

New growth of cells that are undifferentiated from stem cells and exhibit new features not inherent to the tissue they originated from are referred to as: 

Metastasis of malignant cells can occur via all of the following except: 

Pleomorphism refers to: 

All of the following are cellular features of a benign tumor except: 

All of the following are cellular changes of a malignant tumor except:

All of the following are true regarding the growth of benign tumor cells except:

Which of the following terms means to change its position, denoting the process of neoplasms spreading from primary location to other sites in the body

With a few exceptions, adenomas are typically benign tumors of epithelial cells.

lipoma

chondroma

chondrosarcoma

osteoma

osteosarcoma

glioma

lymphoma

Ewings Sarcoma

Both tumor grading and staging are used to determine prognosis and develop treatment plans.

The process of examing the cellular structure of tumor cells under a microscope to determine benign vs malignant and degree of malignancy is known as:

Tumor staging considers each of the following information to determine stage EXCEPT: 

A patient presents with breast cancer. The biopsy revealed histology of mostly differentiated cells with <10% undifferentiated of cells are pleomorphic nuclei and undergoing active mitosis. The CT  scan displayed no evidence of metastasis. The bone scan revealed degenerative changes in the spine and knees. The PET/Ct scan was normal. The lymphoscintigraphy study with lymph node biospy revealed malignant cells were present in the first lymph node. Which of the following is most likely the patients grading and staging. 

All of the following describe unique biochemistry of malignant cells except: 

Increased angiogenesis and ability to avoid apoptosis are two key features of malignant cells that contribute to autonomous growth. 

Mutated forms of cellular genes which contribute to the development of cancer are also known as: 

Treatment of cancer includes which of the following