Terms and definitions
Nomenclature of tumours
Hallmarks
100

Change in one adult epithelium to another

What is Metaplasia?

100

Benign tumour of fibroblasts

What is fibroma?

100

Formation of new blood vessels in tumour

What is angiogenesis?

200

Increase in the number of cells

What is hyperplasia?

200

Malignant tumour of blood vessels

What is angiosarcoma?

200

Governor of proliferation

What is Rb gene?

300

Spread of tumour to distant sites

What is Metastasis?

300

Benign tumour of skeletal muscle

What is rhabdomyoma?

300

Guardian of genome

What is p53?