| Question 1: Normal colonic glands tend to be simple and tubular in appearance with a mixture of ________ secreting goblet cells and water absorbing cells. | |||
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| Question 2: By ________ the cells from a biopsy, a pathologist will determine whether the tumor is an adenocarcinoma or some other type of cancer. | |||
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| Question 3: ________ gland tumors, such as a VIPoma, an insulinoma, a pheochromocytoma, etc, are typically not referred to as adenocarcinomas, but rather, are often called neuroendocrine tumors. | |||
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| Question 4: [6] These demonstrate various degrees of cytologic atypia, including hyperchromasia, pleomorphism, prominent ________. | |||
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| Question 5: Adenocarcinoma not otherwise specified is often a preliminary diagnosis and can frequently be clarified by a pathologist with the use of ________. | |||
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| Question 6: Benign adenomas typically do not invade other tissue and rarely ________. | |||
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| Question 7: This tissue is also part of a larger tissue category known as ________. | |||
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| Question 8: ________ (95% of pancreatic cancers are ductal adenocarcinomas.)[11] | |||
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| Question 9: [6] Adenocarcinoma is a ________, and as such, it is not as responsive to radiation therapy as is small cell lung carcinoma, but is rather treated by surgically, for example by pneumonectomy or lobectomy. | |||
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| Question 10: Adenocarcinoma of the ________ is currently the most common type of lung cancer in lifelong non-smokers. | |||
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