Neoplasia — Flashcards

Myelodysplastic syndromes are caused by _____ or environmental exposure (e.g. radiation, benzene, chemotherapy)

Asbestos acts as a carcinogen by physically destroying cellular _____

How many cellular divisions occur before the earliest clinical symptoms of cancer arise?_____

One subtype of invasive ductal carcinoma (breast) is _____ carcinoma, which produces tubules in a desmoplastic stroma

Does fibroadenoma increase risk of breast cancer? _____

The most common heart tumor is a _____

Which CNS tumor is characterized histologically by "pseudopalisading" necrosis?