Atresia
Absence of an opening…pig pic
Agenesis
Absence of organ and primordial tissue
Aplasia
Absence because of failure of growth. Still have primordial tissue
Hypoplasia
Failure to develop to normal size.
Hyperplasia
Neoplasia
Parenchyma
Neoplastic cells constituting tumor
Stroma
Reactive tissue around parenchyma
Benign tumor
Malignant tumor
Anaplasia
Lack of differentiation
Hallmark of malignancy
Anaplasia
Schirrous response (desmoplasia)
Abundant fibrous stroma, carcinomas
Differentiation
Extent which neoplastic cells resemble corresponding normal parenchymal cells (morphologically and functionally)
Pleomorphism
Variation in size and shape of cells
Oncogenes
Promote autonomous cell growth in cancer cells
Proto-oncogenes
Normal genes regulate cell growth and differentiation
Oncoproteins
Abnormal proteins encoded by oncogene that usually inactivate regulatory processes.
Most reliable features of malignancy
2. Local invasion
Common routes of metastasis
4 genetic targets
Metastatic cascade
Cancer mechs of immune evasion
Direct acting chemical carcinogens
- acylating agents