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  • May 31, 2024
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  • 2023/2024
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Ati Medical Surgical Chapter 15: Cancer answers and
question Graded A+ year 2023/2024

inherited - ANSWER-5% of all cancers or the predisposition to the cancers are ______________



acquired - ANSWER-Most cancers are _____________



- brain and CSF

- lung

- liver (most common)

- adrenals

- bone - ANSWER-What are the main sites of cancer metastasis?



metastasis - ANSWER-this process begins with rapid growth of primary tumor, develops its own blood
supply



sentinel lymph node - ANSWER-The first node confronted as tumor cells spread through the lymphatic
system



skip metastasis - ANSWER-when tumor cell travels to distant nodes



Histology classification - ANSWER-classification form where your grade a cancer by its severity and
appearance of cells



staging - ANSWER-classification of cancer where you look at the extent of the disease



Grade I of cells - ANSWER-cells differ slightly from normal cells and are well differentiated.



Grade II of cells - ANSWER-cells are more abnormal and moderately differentiated

, Grade III of cells - ANSWER-cells are very abnormal and poorly differentiated



Grade IV of cells - ANSWER-cells are immature and primitive and undifferentiated. Cell of origin is
difficult to determine



Grade V of cells - ANSWER-cells are completely abnormal



Stage 0 cancer - ANSWER-cancer in situ



stage 1 cancer - ANSWER-tumor limited to tissue of origin; localized tumor growth



stage II cancer - ANSWER-limited local spread



Stage III cancer - ANSWER-extensive local and regional spread



Stage IV cancer - ANSWER-metastasis



TNM Classification system - ANSWER-anatomic extent of disease is based on three parameters:

- Tumor size and invasiveness

- Spread to lymph nodes

- Metastasis



- cure

- control

- palliation - ANSWER-What are the three goals of cancer dependent on type and extent?



curative therapy - ANSWER-surgery alone or periods of adjunctive systemic therapy. The timeframe may
differ according to the tumor and its characteristics. Chemo, radiation, biologic treatment, surgical
removal, etc.

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