Neoplasia — Flashcards

Common sites of metastasis from lung cancer include the _____, brain, bone, and liver

Hereditary leiomyomatosis and RCC is due to _____ gene mutation and presents with multiple, bilateral type 2 papillary RCC, collecting duct RCC, leiomyomas of the skin or uterus and uterine leiomyosarcomas

Most common _____ tumor of salivary gland in children is hemangioma

Hint: benign/malignant

Tumors that cause _____ can be remembered with the mnemonic "Potentially Really High Hematocrit Levels": - Pheochromocytoma - Renal cell carcinoma - Hepatocellular carcinoma - Hemangioblastoma - Leiomyoma

Almost all _____ are calretinin positive, which is negative in most carcinomas

Ovarian carcinoma is associated with '_____', which occurs from seeding of the peritoneum with layers upon layers of tumor cell growth

Invasive carcinomas become metastatic when they invade the _____ or blood

_____ carcinoma, a subtype of invasive ductal carcinoma, is characterized by cancer within dermal lymphatics

ER/PR-_____, HER2-negative cancers is the most common subtype of breast cancer in individuals who inherit germline mutations in BRCA2

A translocation of _____ from chromosome 11 to 14 results in overexpression and ultimately Mantle cell lymphoma