Stains
The purpose of this is to maintain as clearly as possible, the cytomorphologic characteristics and diagnostically essential cytochemical elements of the cell
Fixation
Genetic disorder caused by DNA mutations
Cancer
Term for intermediate filaments in epithelial cells
Cytokeratins
Smoking
Malignant neoplasm of epithelial origins
Carcinoma
When collecting a sample in this, it is best to leave the broom in the vial when sending it to the laboratory
Surepath
Term for the median lethal dose of a drug that causes death in 50% of experimental animals and/or median effective does that produces a response in 50% of the population under study
Therapeutic index
A benign tumor of cartilage
Chondroma
The brand name of the most common FISH assay for urinary cytology
Urovision
Malignant neoplasm of mesenchymal origins
Sarcoma
In a bloody Thin Prep sample, this can be added to increase lysing of the blood to make a sample more viable
Glacial acetic acid
This receptor is the target of the breast cancer drug Tamoxifen
Estrogen receptor
The first regional lymph node that receives lymph flow from a primary tumor
Sentinel lymph node
The amplification of this gene prevails in approximately 20% of breast cancers and is associated with an adverse prognosis
HER2/neu gene at 17q11
Which vaccine is required of all students that helps prevent infection if exposed to blood products during processing or procedures
Hepatitis B vaccine
This type of staining method requires a person to deliberately overstain a specimen with hematoxylin and then remove the excess stain with a diluted hydrochloric acid solution
Regressive staining
This type of cell death is a normal type of cell death that happens during normal growth
Apoptosis
The type of metastasis favored by sarcomas
Hematogenous (blood)
This cell feature is the most specific for comparing malignant to benign cells
N:C ratio (nuclear:cytoplasmic ratio)
The spread of a tumor to sites that are physically discontinuous with the primary tumor
Metastasis
These three stains are the 3 stains in the OG stain
Light green, eosin Y and bismarck brown
This type of cell injury is characterized by a low intensity and a short duration.
Reversible
Benign epithelial neoplasm that produces microscopic or macroscopic fingerlike projections
Papilloma
This procedure allows the visualization of specific DNA sequences and can therefore be used for quantifying chromosomes and genes
FISH or Florescence in situ hybridization
Malignant tumors composed of undifferentiated cells
Anaplastic malignancies