Neoplasia — Flashcards

Luminal A subtype of breast cancer is usually ER/PR _____ve and HER2 -ve, with low Ki-67 index.

HER2 (c-erbB2) is an _____ receptor found in certain types of breast and gallbladder carcinoma

Transitional cell (urothelial) carcinoma via the _____ pathway is associated with early p53 mutations

_____ is a cancer of the bladder that usually arises from a(n) urachal remnant

Blood vessels can give rise to a _____ (benign) and angiosarcoma (malignant)

When performing Immunohistochemistry; Chromogranin A, Synaptophysin, NCAM (CD56), Neuron Specific Enolase (NSE) can all be used to identify _____ and Neuronal tumors

Adenocarcinoma of the bladder may arise from _____, which is a columnar metaplasia in response to chronic inflammation

IgA antibodies of _____ of EBV are highly specific for nasopharyngeal cancer

Hint: antigen

_____ can produce anti-Tr antibodies which can cause Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration

Esophageal carcinoma in the middle third of the esophagus spreads to _____, tracheobronchial, or paratracheal lymph nodes