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25 Cards in this Set
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____% of all US cancers |
5 |
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___% of all cancer deaths |
2 |
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____ most common cancer worldwide |
5th |
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most common histology |
squamous cell carinoma |
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occurs most commonly in what age group |
5th and 6th generation |
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associated with what (2)_ |
tobacco use
smoking |
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risk factors of head and neck cancer |
tobacco and alcohol use oral carcinogenesis and smokeless tobacco prior radiation exposure viruses dietary factors occupations genetic predispositions |
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______________ of patients have significant tobacco and alcohol histories |
80 - 85% |
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what are the viruses that cause Head and neck cancer |
EBV and nasopharyngeal cancer HPV - 16 and 18 |
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what are the dietary factors that cause head and neck cancer |
preserved meats, red meats, eggs milk, vegetables, zinc, fruits may protect nutritional deficiency -plummer vinson syndrome |
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what occupations can cause cancer |
nickel refining - laryngeal cancer woodworking - nasal cavity and paranasal sinus steel and textiles - oral |
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what are two sporadic cancer cases |
li fraumeni syndrome bloom syndrome |
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_______ present at early stage |
1/3 |
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___________ present with locally advanced disease |
1/2 |
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places of distant mets |
lungs - most common brain mediastinal ln liver bones |
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large parotid tumors can cause |
facial paralysis |
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symptoms of oro-laryngopharynx cancer |
symptomatic at early stage -odynophagia, dysphagia, change in voice, airway obstruction |
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early nasopharyngeal cancer symptoms |
unilateral otitis media |
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oral cancer symptoms |
painful ulcers slurred speech exophytic mass |
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sinus cancer symptoms |
symptoms of sinusitis or allergic rhinitis |
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nasal cavity cancer symptoms |
may remain undetected for a long time -epistaxis, diplopia, allergic type symptoms |
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is pain a late or early symptoms |
late |
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staging for head and neck |
TNM |
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pathologic classificiation for head and neck |
SCC adenocarcinoma lymphoma melanoma soft tissue tumor |
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examples of soft tissue tumors of the head and neck - 5 |
leiomyosarcoma rhabdomyosarcoma synovial sarcoma kaposi's sarcoma fibrosarcoma |
