NSG 3105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hiv, Cancer, Body Orifice
12 Apr 2020
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Incidence: total # of people who receive a diagnosis of cancer. Prevalence: # of people living with a dx of cancer; portion of population with disease. Cancers of breast, lung, thyroid, colon and pancreas. Anaplastic: tumor cells that are completely undifferentiated and bear no resemblance to cells of tissues of their origin. Aneuploid: tumor cells that do not have the normal 46 chromosomes in a human cell often worse prognosis. Carcinoma: form of cancer that is composed of epithelial cells; develops in tissues covering or lining organs of the body such as the skin, uterus or breast. Carcinoma in situ: earliest stage of cancer, tumor still confines to local area. Differentiation: process of maturation of a cell line of cancer cells when fully differentiated or well differentiated, more closely resemble the normal cells in the tissue or origin. Oncogenes: specific segments of cellular dna that when inappropriately activated, contribute to the transformation of normal cells into malignant cells.
