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tumor invasion and mets
Mets and tumor invasion
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05/09/2012

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Non-mutually exclusive routes for metastasis:
Definition
Direct/continuous extension
Lymphatic spread
Bloodstream dissemination
Term
Metastasis routes are ______ mutually exclusive?
Definition
not
Term
Pain, fatigue, cachexia, infection and anemia are common manifestations of?
Definition
cancer
Term
Immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer are known as?
Definition
biologic response modifiers
Term
Most cancer in children starts in?
Definition
mesodermal germ layer
Term
Leukemia, sarcomas and embryonic tumors are?
Definition
most common childhood cancers
Term
Neuroblastoma and Wilms tumor are examples of what kind of tumors?
Definition
embryonic
Term
This is a tumor of the sympathetic nervous system?
Definition
neuroblastoma
Term
Wilms tumor AKA?
Definition
nephroblastoma
Term
Wilms tumor is described as?
Definition
malignancy of the kidney
Term
These are bone tumors in children?
Definition
osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma
Term
Most common malignancy in children?
Definition
leukemia
Term
_________ occurs in children 0-5 years of age?
Definition
Leukemia, embryonic tumors
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_______ occurs in children between ages 5-10
Definition
central nervous system tumors
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_________ occur in children ages 10-15 years of age?
Definition
Bone tumors, soft tissue sarcomas and lymphomas
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