QUESTIONS

1. What is a tumour?
2. What is the term used to describe a cancerous tumour?
3. What is the term used to describe a non-cancerous tumour?
4. State 4 characteristics of benign tumours.
5. State 4 characteristics of malignant tumours.
6. What is the name given to a benign tumour of adipose (fat) cells?
7. What are epulides?
8. What is another name for a wart?
9. What skin tumour may be either malignant or benign?
10. A dog is brought to the surgery with a tumour that the veterinary surgeon suspects is a fibroma. Why is it sensible to biopsy such a mass?
11. What is the fixative of choice for most routine histopathology?
12. An adenoma is a benign tumour of glandular tissue often affecting older dogs. Where is the most common site for such tumours?
13. Why should a dog be castrated at the same time as undergoing surgery to
    remove an anal adenoma?
14. What is the most common site for metastases via the circulation?
15. What is the difference between a carcinoma and a sarcoma?
16. In what part of the body are squamous cell carcinomas most commonly found?
17. In what part of the body are transitional cell carcinomas most commonly found?
18. What is an adenocarcinoma?
19. Lymphosarcoma in cats is commonly associated with which disease?
20. What is an osteosarcoma?
21. Are mixed mammary tumours malignant or benign?
22. In bitches, which mammary glands are the most frequently affected by tumours?
23. What is the name of the procedure that involves the radical removal of a tumour along with a section of the mandible?
24. What is the name of the procedure that involves the radical removal of a tumour along with a section of the maxilla?
25. What is the name that describes the non-invasive technique involving the sampling of cells of a tumour by use of a needle and suction device?
26. For what purpose is a Tru Cut needle employed?
27. What is a punch biopsy?
28. What type of tissue is collected by means of a trephine biopsy?
29. What is the difference between an incisional and excisional biopsy?
30. What is debulking?
31. What is the term that describes the use of drugs to kill tumour cells selectively?
32. What is radiotherapy?
33. What is the term that describes the use of more than one method of treatment used on a single tumour?
34. What is adjunctive therapy?