It describes the crablike extension of malignant cells into healthy tissues and the grip the disease has on its victims.
Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes using X-rays, with findings recorded on photographic film.
A method that provides the best quality tissue for examination.
Benign tumors are well-differentiated, slow-growing, encapsulated, and non-invasive, while malignant tumors are undifferentiated, erratic, expansive, and invasive.
Genes derived from normal growth-controlling cellular genes that instruct the cell to behave abnormally.
The dissemination or spread of malignant cells from the primary tumor to distant sites.
Prostate cancer.
Total or excisional biopsy, subtotal or incisional biopsy, and needle aspiration biopsy.
A procedure that uses a specially designed needle to obtain a small core of tissue sufficient for accurate diagnosis.
One of the first investigators of X-rays.
Carcinogens alter the DNA of the cell, leading to cell death or repair.
Neurons and cardiac muscle cells.
Radiation, exposure to irritants, sunlight, altitude, and humidity.
Hormonal agents like DES and oral contraceptives (especially estrogen) can increase risk.
A branch of medicine that deals with the study, detection, treatment, and management of cancer and neoplasia.
Approximately 19.98 million.
Choristoma and Hamartoma.
Permanent, Stable, and Liable cells.
They kill tumor cells as part of the T cell system or Cellular Immunity.
1. Trachea, bronchus & lungs; 2. Breast; 3. Colorectum.
Genes in the DNA that can influence cancer development.
Repeated exposure to carcinogens leads to abnormal gene expression and a latent period.
Lymphatic spread.
Cancer, exceeded only by ischemic heart disease.
DNA synthesis.
A surgical excision of a piece of tissue for microscopic examination to analyze the presence of cancer.
A procedure for easily accessible tumors, usually performed through endoscopy.
AIDS can compromise the immune system, increasing susceptibility to certain cancers.
A rapid examination method that provides a diagnosis in minutes but has lower quality tissue sections compared to permanent sections.
A type of tumor that can contain foreign materials such as bone, hair, skin, or teeth.
To detect premalignant and malignant processes in the ectocervix.
4. Prostate; 5. Stomach; 6. Liver & intrahepatic bile ducts; 7. Bladder; 8. Esophagus; 9. Non-Hodgkins lymphoma; 10. Leukemia.
Frozen section and permanent paraffin section.
The growth of new tissues, which can be an abnormal new growth serving no purpose and potentially damaging to the host.
Breast, lung and bronchus, colon and rectum, uterine corpus, melanoma of the skin.
They continuously divide, such as GIT cells, skin, endometrium, and blood cells.
Diagnostic radiography and crystallography.
They are a form of ionizing radiation and can be dangerous.
Initiation, Promotion, Progression.
Addressing fear of the procedure and anxiety about results, explaining the test, and encouraging open communication.
Agents that initiate or promote cellular transformation.
According to parenchyma, organ or cell, pattern and structure (gross or microscopic), and embryonic origin.
An irreversible period where cells undergo neoplastic transformation and malignancy.
They are dormant or resting (G0), such as liver and kidney cells.
G0, G1, S, G2, M.
A procedure that aspirates tissue fragments through a needle into an area suspected to bear disease.
Low-fiber, high-fat diets, processed foods, and alcohol consumption.
DNA viruses like Hepa B, Herpes, EBV, CMV, and Papilloma virus; RNA viruses like HIV and HCTLV.
A specialist in the study and treatment of neoplastic growths.
Prostate, lung and bronchus, colon and rectum, urinary bladder, melanoma of the skin.
Non-Hispanic black men.
It does not necessarily mean that the patient has cancer.
Breast cancer.
Blood-borne spread, commonly to the liver and lungs.
Cancer.
Change in DNA structure leading to altered DNA function and cellular aberration.
Conditions like colon cancer and premenopausal breast cancer can be hereditary.
Smoking, dietary ingredients, and drugs.
