Sistema Hemtologico

CARIBBEAN UNIVERSITY
DEPARTAMENTO DE ENFERMERIA
PROGRAMA DE MAESTRIA EN ARTES CON ESPECIALIDAD EN ENFERMERIA
BAYAMON, PUERTO RICO



Guía de Estudio # 2

N E O P L A S I ANURS 605: FISIOPATOLOGÍA AVANZADA
Dra. María Castro

Neoplasia

1. What factors normally regulate cell division? What do we mean when we say a tumor
cell'sgrowth is autonomous?
2. What do we call the study of tumors?
3. What are the characteristics of a benign tumor?
4. What characteristics does a malignant tumor have?
5. How do we name benign andmalignant tumors?
6. What are the four stages of cancer spread?
7. What do we look for in blood tests for cancer?
8. Explain a hypothesis of cancer? What causes cancer on the cellular level? Whatare
some of the ways a cell can lose control over cell division?
9. What is apoptosis, and how does it apply here? What are telomeres, and what do they do?
10. Of oncogenes and tumor suppressorgenes, which ones do you want turned on and
turned off to prevent cancer?
11. What is gene silencing? Is it normal?
12. What individuals should we target for cancer screening?
13. How are viruseslinked to cancer? What are some of the viruses linked to cancer?
Can bacteria also cause cancer?
14. Exposure to what environmental agents increase the risk of cancer? How do we determine
a linkbetween an environmental factor and cancer?
15. How do tumors spread locally? What means do they use for metastasis?
16. Why is angiogenesis important?
17. How do we stage cancer? (4 stages, andTNM)
18. What clinical manifestations would you expect to see? What factors might influence these?
19. How is cancer diagnosed?
20. How is cancer treated? Which way is "best"?El cáncer es un grupo de más de 200 enfermedades caracterizadas por una proliferación acelerada, desordenada y descontrolada de las células de un tejido que invade, desplaza y destruye, localmente...