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Cancer

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List the four characteristics of a benign neoplasia   No metastisase, close resemblance to tissue of origin, necrosis is rare, no invasion  
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List the four characteristics of a malignant neoplasia   Metastases, invasive, necrosis is common, variable differentiation (poor resemblance to tissue of origin)  
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Neoplasia can be characterised into two:   1. Proliferation in defiance of normal constraints 2. Invade and colonise territories reserved for other cells  
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Three things overactivity mutation can lead to   Mutation in coding sequence, gene amplification and chromosome rearrangement  
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How does genetic instability affect cells   1. interfere with accurate replication of genome. 2. decreases efficiency of DNA repair 3. Increases occurrence of xsome breaks and rearrangements :. unstable/abnormal karyotype  
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1. Detachment   Migration of individual cells enabled  
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2. Invasion   Erosion of tissue boundaries  
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3. Intravasation   Access to vascular routes of dissemination  
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4. Evasion of host defences   Survival against host defences  
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5. Arrest   Arrest of movement by adhesion to endothelium  
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6. Extravasation   Colonisation of site of metastasis  
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