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Cancer Terminology:
⇧N /C ratio monclonal origin
= N/C (nuclear to cytoplasmic ratio)
what test is done to find out if a compound is cancerous?
what does it measure
Ames test measures DNA damage
Hypertrophy:
increased cell size
(Ex: bodybuilders)
Hyperplasia:
increased cell number
Atrophy:
decreased organ or tissue size
(Ex: clenervation)
Anaplasia:
regress to mesenchymal origin (worst)
Metaplasia:
change from one adult cell type to another
(Ex: Barrett's esophagus)
Dysplasia
"carcinoma in situ": lose contact inhibition (cells crawl on each other)
Neoplasm:
new growth
Desmoplasia:
cell wraps itself w / dense fibrous tissue
describe a benign tumor:
mobility, shape, capsule, metastasis, physiology, pain, growth
• well circumscribed
• freely mobile
• maintains capsule
• no metastasis
• obeys physiology (normal)
• hurts by compression (reason for surgery)
• slow growing
describe a malignant:
mobility, shape, capsule, metastasis, physiology, pain, growth
• not well circumscribed
• fixed/ adherent
• no capsule
• can metastasize
• doesn't obey physiology (not normal)
• hurts by metastasis
• rapidly growing (outgrows blood supply ⇨ hunts for blood ⇨ secretes angiogenin and endostatin)
MCC of death of all cancer. what are the exceptions?
>>infection
>>except cervical/endometrial = RF
most common age of cancer in males and female (cervical, ovarian and breast)
Men: 0-30 +, > 50 y/o
Women: 30-50 y/o (cervical, ovarian, breast)
cancers that are fast Killers
Pancreatic cancer
Esophageal cancer
definition of Cancer First Name:
Adeno-
Glandular
Cancer First Name of Smooth muscle
= Leiomyo- "smooth liars"
Cancer First Name of Skeletal muscle
Rhabdomyo-
Cancer First Name of Blood vessel
Hemangio-
Cancer First Name of Fat
Lipo-
Cancer First Name of Bone
Osteo-
Cancer First Name of Fibrous tissue
Fibro-
Cancer last Name of Tumor
-oma
Cancer last Name for Cancer:
-carcinoma
Cancer last Name for
Connective Tissue Cancer: prognosis
-sarcoma (the worst prognosis)
lymphoma
sarcoma
Melanoma
sarcoma
Mesothelioma
sarcoma
Seminoma
carcinoma
Hepatoma
carcinoma
Teratoma
carcinoma
Retinoblastoma
carcinoma
Neuroblastoma
carcinoma
Nephroblastoma
carcinoma
Hamartoma
non-tumor, abnormal growth of normal tissue
(Ex: keloid, polyp)
Choristoma
non-tumor, normal tissue in wrong place
(Ex: Meckel's, endometriosis)
Organs with most blood supply:
name the most common CA in these areas?
most common cancer in these areas is metastasis
Organs with most blood supply are the following"
"BLAP"
>>Brain (grey-white jxn)
>> Bone (bone marrow)
>> Lung
>>Liver (portal vein, hepatic artery)
>> Adrenal gland (renal arteries)
>>Pericardium (coronary arteries)
Clinorchis senesis
Gallbladder CA
Strep bovis
Colon CA
Clostridium septicum
Colon CA
Schistosoma hematobium:
Bladder CA
Schistosoma mansoni:
Liver CA
explain 1-hit hypothesis:
1) Repressor damaged => childhood presentation
Ex: Rb mut =>Ewing's osteosarcoma
Rb (tumor suppressor)
p53 mut =>breast, ovary cancer
explain 2-hit hypothesis: which one is more common?
99% of cancers
1) Initiator was damaged
2) Promoter came along
AJC Classification: staging
• Stage I: localized
• Stage II: through cell wall
• Stage III: to lymph node
• Stage IV: metastasis
TNM Classification:
• T =tumor
• N = lymph node
• M = metastasis
Duke Classification:
• A: mucosa
• B1: muscularis
• B2: through serosa
• C: lymph nodes
• D: metastasis
Tumor Lysis Syndrome: deseases that can cause this
1) CLL
2) Non-Hodgkin's lymghoma
describe what happends in tumor lysis syndrome
⇧K (burst cells)
⇧Phos (from inside cells)
⇩Ca (Phos precipitated it)
⇧Uric acid (from purines in cell)
where does lung cancer commonly metastasize?
Brain
Lung cancer where is the most Common Metastasis?
Brain
where is the most Common Metastasis of skin cancer?
Brain
where is the most Common Metastasis of Thyroid cancer?
Lung
where is the most Common Metastasis of Liver cancer?
Lung
where is the most Common Metastasis of Kidney Cancer?
Lung
where is the most Common Metastasis Colon cancer?
Liver
where is the most Common Metastasis Anus Cancer?
Liver
where is the most Common Metastasis of Breast cancer?
Bone
where is the most Common Metastasis of Prostate cancer?
Lymphatics
where is the most Common Metastasis of Testicles cancer?
Retroperitoneum
the BRAIN has what type of cell?
what are the risk factors?
cell type is an astrocyte
(increased risk radiation exposure, HIV)
Meningioma
location
clues (2)
prognosis
>>an Intracranial tumor
>>psammoma bodies, whorling pattern
>>best prognosis
what are the 1° Brain tumors (5)
"GOES Ape"
Astrocytoma:
Glioma
Oligodendroglioma
Schwannoma
Ependymoma:
Astrocytoma: clues and tx
Rosenthal fibers, #1 in kids with occipital HA
(Tx: resection)
Glioma
1° Brain tumors
monocular blindness
Oligodendroglioma
1° Brain tumor
fried-egg appearance
nodular calcification
"Oligo Eggo"
Schwannoma
1° Brain tumor
(CN8 tumor, unilateral deafness)
Ependymoma
1° Brain tumor.
rosettes in 4th ventricle, hydrocephalus
Brain Cancer:
what cancers commonly Metastises to the brain?
where would it be seen?
from lung, breast, skin
see at white-grey junction
1° Brain Cancer:
Glioblastoma Multiforme:
pseudopalisading, necrosis, worst prognosis, butterfly
what are psammoma bodies? and name the diseases that have them.
calcified rocks due to tissue compression
Papillary (thyroid)
Serous (ovary)
Adenocarcinoma (ovary)
Meningioma
Mesothelioma
Spinal Cord Syndromes:
Spinal stenosis
Cauda equina syndrome:
Conus medularis (S4-S5):
Spinal stenosis
back hurts when walk upstairs, relieved w/ leaning forward
Cauda equina syndrome
"saddle anesthesia": can't feel butt, thighs, perineum
Conus medularis (S4-S5)
perianal anesthesia
what is a partial seizure and tx
conscious, talking
(Tx: Carbamazepine)
Simple partial
sensory disturbances
Complex partial (4)
incontinence, post-ictal confusion, deja vu, lip smacking
what is Generalized seizures?
name all 10 of them (adult and children)
Unconscious seizures
Adults: Myotonic, Tonic clonic "Grand Mal", Atonic, Benign Rolandic, Status Epilepticus, Temporal
Children: Absence "petit mal", Infantile spasm, Lennox-Gasteau, Febrile
tonic clonic "grand mal" seizure: define and Tx
most common seizure
Tonic: freeze (contract)
Clonic: jerk
Tx: Valproate
Absence "petit mal"; presentation, EEG and tx
blank stare, EEG: 3-Hz spike and wave (Tx: Ethosuximide)
Status Epilepticus: define and tx
Def: continuous seizures >20min
Tx: Lorazepam ⇨ Phenytoin ⇨ Phenobarbital⇨Midazolam/lntubation
Febrile seizures: describe and tx
kids, occurs during rise in temp, not peak temp
Tx: Acetaminophen
Temporal seizures: define and tx
have hallucinations before seizure
(Tx: Carbamazepine)
Benign Rolandic
decribe
treatment
kid screams in night, then eyes flutter/twitch and sleeps,
he will outgrow this.
Myotonic: describe and tx
increased muscle tone, arms fling forward
Tx: Valproic acid
Infantile spasm
looks like myotonic, but occurs < 1 y / o
Atonic seizures
loose all body tone, drop to ground like a wet noodle, then writhe like a snake
Lennox-Gasteau
describe
treatment
hundreds of seizures everyday
(Tx: EEG, then lobectomy)
Epilepsy
describe
management
recurrent idiopathic seizures
contact DMV (no driver's license)
ER Seizure tx
Tx: 20mg/kg Phenytoin⇨ 0.1mg/kg Lorazepam (at 30min)⇨ Pentobarbital coma
what are the anterior, middle and posterior mediastinum Tumors?
Anterior: Thymoma
Middle: Pericardial
Posterior: Neuro tumors
most common pituitary adenoma (tumor) that is functional? ,non-functional?
Adenoma
• Functional: Prolactinoma (5%)
• Non-functional: Chromophobes (95%)
pituitary cancer:
Adenocarcinoma (rare)
pineal Adenoma =
Loss of upward gaze =
Loss of circadian rhythms =
PINEAL Tumor Tx =
Adenoma = "Pinealoma"
• Loss of upward gaze: "Parinaud syndrome"
• Loss of circadian rhythms: Precocious puberty
• Tx: Leuprolide
pineal cancer
Adenocarcinoma (rare)
Medulloblastoma
location
symptoms
clues
adults and kids
POSTERIOR FOSSA TUMOR:
early morning vomiting.
pseudorosettes, compresses brain,
#1 post fossa tumor, #2 in kids
Craniopharyngioma
location
presentation
biopsy
POSTERIOR FOSSA TUMOR:
early morning vomiting, bitemporal hemianopsia
motor oil biopsy, tooth enamel, Rathke's pouch,
POSTERIOR MEDIASTINUM:
Tumor:
Neuroma
POSTERIOR MEDIASTINUM: Cancer:
Neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma
define
regression rate
presentation
adrenal medulla tumor in kids; highest spontaneous regression rate
abdominal mass,dancing eyes "hypsarrhythmia", dancing feet "myoclonus
what is pheochromocytoma? 5P's and its rule's of 10
adrenal medulla tumor in adults => sx come/ go
• 5 P's: Palpitation, Perspiration, Pallor, Pressure (HTN), Pain (HA)
• Rule of 10's: 10% are malignant/ calcify, familial, found in kids, bilateral, extra-adrenal
pheochromocytoma test
Tests: Phentolamine (short acting αns,-blocker => drop in BP), urinary VMA
treatment of pheochromocytoma
• Tx: Phenoxybenzamine (irreversible αns, blocker), then remove tumor
• Tx: No β blockers! (unopposed ex stimulation causes rapid ⇧BP)
Thymus Tumor:
where is it found most commonly
what disease is the exception?
Thymoma (found in all autoimmune diseases except Graves)
Thymus Cancer:
Adenocarcinoma (rare)
THYROID: cell type
glandular
Thyroid Mass: define and management
Thyroglossal cyst (do US, then FNA)
thyroid Tumor:
Follicular adenoma
what are the thyroid cancers:
Papillary carcinoma
Follicular carcinoma
Anaplastic carcinoma
Medullary carcinoma
Papillary carcinoma
psammoma bodies, "orphan Annie eyes", previous neck radiation
Follicular carcinoma
2nd most common thyroid cancer
Anaplastic carcinoma
0% survival rate at 5yrs
Medullary carcinoma
location
hormone
deposition
amyloid deposition (AE?),⇧calcitonin, parafollicular C-cells
Thyroid Nodule Management:
• ⇧TSH
• Normal TSH
• ⇩ TSH
Thyroid Nodule Management:
• ⇧TSH: check free T4
• Normal TSH: do FNA
• ⇩TSH: do iodine scan (cold ⇨ malignant)
parathyroid Tumor:
what is this the most common of?
parathyroid Adenoma
(MCC of isolated hypercalcemia in adults)
PARATHYROID Cancer:
Adenocarcinoma (rare)
MEN I
"Wermer's": Pancreas (high gastrin), Pituitary, Parathyroid adenoma "PPP"
MEN II
"Sipple's" MEN IIa:
Pheochromocytoma, Medullary thyroid cancer (high calcitonin), PTH
MEN III
"MEN lIb": Pheo, Medullary thyroid cancer (high calcitonin), Oral/GI neuromas
PARAFOLLICULAR Tumor:
Adenoma (rare)
PARAFOLLICULAR cancer:
Medullary carcinoma of thyroid (high calcitonin)
endocardial Tumor:
describe and presentation
Atrial myxoma
(female who faints, diastolic plop, ball-like valve)
ENDOCARDIUM cancer:
Angiosarcoma (rare)
MYOCARDIUM Tumor:
MYOCARDIUM is made up of skeletal muscle
Tumor: Rhabdomyoma
MYOCARDIUM Cancer:
and what age is it most common
Rhabdomyosarcoma (age < 3)
PERICARDIUM Tumor:
Fibroma
PERICARDIUM Cancer:
Metastasis
what are the Lung Cancer Risk Factors?
1) Smoking
2) Radon
3) 2nd-hand smoke (sidestream worse)
4) Pneumoconioses (except anthracosis)
when would one see changes once they quit smoking? when does the lung regress to normal?
5 years changes,
15 yrs regress to normal
LUNG: cell type or lung major cell type
glandular
most common/lung mass in kids
Hamartoma
(most common) lung mass in adults
RL lobe Granuloma
lung Tumor:
Adenoma
lung cancer:
Metastasis
lung Optimal Pre-op
FEV1: >800mL (can estimate with V /Q scan)
what are the Central cancers?
1) Squamous cell:
• Pancoast tumor
2) Small cell "oat cell"
• ACTH (Cushing's dz), ADH (SIADH), Lambert-Eaton syndrome
• SVC Obstruction
what is squamous cell carcinoma? tx?
what is a pancoast tumor and how is it diagnosed?
1) Squamous cell: (smoking)=> PTH => ⇧Ca2+, ⇩Pi
(Tx: resect+ chemo)
• Pancoast tumor: apical tumor squishes inferior cervical ganglion => Horner's
• Dx: apical lordotic CXR
types of small cell oat cancer
2) Small cell "oat cell"
• ACTH (Cushing's dz), ADH (SIADH), Lambert-Eaton syndrome
• SVC Obstruction
SVC Obstruction presentation and tx
facial edema, dyspnea, JVD
Tx: emergent radiation
Small cell "oat cell": location, malignancy and Tx
at carina, most malignant
(Tx: Etoposide + Cisplatin)
what are the peripheral cancers: (5)
Bronchogenic
Bronchoalveolar
Bronchial Carcinoid
Large cell
Adenocarcinoma
Bronchogenic
asbestos, PTHrp, SVC syndrome, ⇧Ca2+
Bronchoalveolar:
pneumoconioses (not smoking), looks like pneumonia
Bronchial Carcinoid
presentation
symptoms and tx
5-HIAA =>flushing, wheezing, diarrhea
• from pancreas/ileum⇨liver (or stays in appendix) "fungating mass"
• only symptomatic in lung/ileum
• Tx: Odansetron, then remove
Large cell
large stuff, gynecomastia
Adenocarcinoma of the lung: who is at risk? how does it look like? where does it metastesize? what marker is increased?
non-smokers, looks like pneumonia, mets to brain, ⇧CEA
what are the smoking Benefits:
⇩Fibroids (⇩estrogen release from ovary)
⇩Brochoalveolar CA or Adenocarcinoma
⇩Ulcerative Colitis flare-ups
⇩Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (⇩Ab response)
PLEURAL CAVITY:
Tumor:
Mesothelioma
PLEURAL CAVITY Cancer:
Mesothelioma (Fe coating: 'ferruginous body" ⇨ MP take to pleural cavity)
NASOPHARYNX:
Mass: and what needs to be ruled out
Mass: Nasal polyp
(rule out Cystic Fibrosis and asa-sensitive Asthma)
NASOPHARYNX Tumor:
Fibroma
NASOPHARYNX cancer:
risk factors
Nasopharyngeal cancer (Chinese women, EBV)
ORAL CAVITY
Tumor:
Fibroma
ORAL CAVITY Cancer:
Squamous cell carcinoma (inside the mouth)
SALIVARY GLAND tumor:
what happend after excision?
Pleiomorphic "mixed" adenoma, recurrent after excision
SALIVARY GLAND increased risk of tumor in what disease?
Sjogren's increases risk
SALIVARY GLAND Bilateral Tumor
Warthin's
SALIVARY GLAND Cancer:
Mucoepidermoid adenocarcinoma
ESOPHAGUS: muscle type
Smooth Muscle
esophagus Tumor
Leiomyoma
esophageal Upper 2/3 Cancer:
Squamous cell carcinoma (floor of mouth, tip of tongue, lower lip)
esophageal Lower 1/3 Cancer: and common symptom
Adenocarcinoma (odynophagia)
STOMACH: cell type
Smooth muscle
STOMACH Tumor:
'Leiomyoma
STOMACH Cancer:
symptoms, metastasis,biopsy and appearance
Adenocarcinoma of the stomach=> early satiety (due to stomach distension)
• Signet ring cells
• Linitis plastica ⇨ leather bottle appearance
• Virchow's nodes ⇨ metastasis to left superclavicular lymph nodes
• Krukenberg tumor ⇨ seeding of ovaries
APPENDIX:Tumor:
Leiomyoma
APPENDIX:Cancer
: Carcinoid
COLON: Tumor:
Leiomyoma
COLON Cancer:
xray, presentation and RF
Adenocarcinoma
• Apple-core lesion on x-ray
• Pencil-thin stool
• Risk factors: Low fiber/High fat diet, Polyps, Ulcerative Colitis
ANUS:Tumor:
Fibroma
ANUS Cancer: example and Tx
Squamous cell CA
(Tx: Chemo-rad)
LIVER cell type
glandular
LIVER
Mass
Tumor
and risk factors
Mass: Cyst
tumor: Hepatic Adenoma
Risk Factors: oral contraceptives, injected steroids, AVM
liver Cancer:
Metastasis
1° liver Cancer: and its risk factors
drugs, virus, toxins
Hepatocellular Adenocarcinoma
• Risk Factors: Smoking, EtOH, HepB/C/D, Aniline dye, Benzene, Aflatoxin
Vinyl Chloride (CC14) Exposure
Angiosarcorna of the liver
GALL BLADDER: cell type
Smooth Muscle
GALL BLADDER Tumor:
Leiomyoma
GALL BLADDER Cancer:
common symptoms
Adenocarcinoma (steatorrhea)
Gall bladder CA; describe and management
thin wall calcified "porcelin" gallbladder w / no stones do⇨ CT
Ampulla of Vater CA: lab and symptoms
management
⇧Alk phos + hematochezia ⇨ do duodenum endoscopy
BILIARY TRACT Mass:
Choledochal cyst
BILIARY TRACT Tumor:
Cholangioma
BILIARY TRACT Cancer: name and risk factors
Cholangiosarcoma
• Risk Factors: Chronic scarring (1° Biliary Cirrhosis, 1° Sclerosing Cholangitis)
PANCREAS: cell type
glandular
PANCREAS Mass:
Cyst
PANCREAS Tumor
Adenoma
PANCREAS Tumor Insulinoma:
⇧insulin, ⇧C-peptide
PANCREAS Tumor Gastrinoma:
describe ZES
presentation and why?
test
"Zollinger-Ellison syndrome"
o Drug-resistant GI ulcers
o ⇧Stomach acid⇨ kills pancreas
o Enzymes ⇨ steatorrhea
o Test: Secretin injection => ⇧gastrin (>1,000pg/mL)
Sporadic Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome: describe and prognosis
• Small multifocal tumors
• Found in duodenum
• High survival rate (>90%)
MEN1-Associated syndromes (5)
Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome
Glucagonoma
SSoma
Carcinoid syndrome
VIPoma
MEN1-Associated Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome:
describe
location
prognosis
metastasis
• large solitary tumor
• Found in pancreas
• Low survival rate (<70%)
• High metastatic potential
Glucagonoma
⇧glucose, rash (weight loss, diarrhea, necrotizing dermatitis ⇨ mets to liver)
SSoma
steatorrhea
Carcinoid syndrome
diarrhea, flushing, wheezing
VIPoma
watery diarrhea (irritates bowel wall)
Adenocarcinoma head of pancreas:
define, presentation, prognosis
RF
Tx
define: bile duct obst => painless jaundice
presentation: Acute depression
prognosis: 90% die within 6 mo of diagnosis
Risk factors: Smoking, chronic pancreatitis, DM, old AA males
Tx: whipple surgery = pancreaticoduodenectomy
Trousseau's sign: describe
males dx and females dx:
migratory thrombophlebitis (clot that moves to other leg ⇨ red streaks)
• Males: pancreatic cancer
• Females: ovarian cancer
OVARY: cell type
what marker is used to find out disease progression?
glandular
(CA-125 =marker to follow dz progression)
Ovary Mass:
symptoms
Follicular Cyst
(decreased pain as cycle goes on)
ovarian tumor:
Serous Cystadenoma
(cyst picked up glandular tissue and fluid)
ovarian Cancer:
symptom
Serous Cystadenocarcinoma
(widening abdominal girth)
Sister Mary Joseph Nodule
ovarian CA spread to umbilicus
Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma:
o Pseudomyxoma peritonei = >bubble bursts
o Krukenberg tumor = mets from stomach
Brenner tumor
benign "nests" of transitional cells
Fibroma
Meig's syndrome => pleural effusion, ovarian fibroma, ascites
Granulosa-Theca cell tumor:
pathogenesis
monitor of progression
⇧estrogen, precocious puberty, monitor progression w/ Inhibin
Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor:
⇧testosterone, masculinization
Teratoma
o Ectoderm: hair, skin, teeth
o Endoderm: thyroid tissue in ovary = " struma-ovarii"
Seminoma
another name
what are increased?
= Dysgerminoma: ⇧placenta alk phos, ⇧LDH
Choriocarcinoma:
⇧ β-HCG
Yolk sac cancer
Endodermal sinus tumor: ⇧AFP, α1Anti typsin
Paraneoplastic syndrome:
cerebellum degeneration
>>autoimmune reaction targeted against components of the CNS
what are the most Common Gyn Cancers:
most deadliest? curable? and due what factors
1) Endometrial CA - due to E2
2) ovarian CA = deadliest
3) Cervical CA = most curable
what factors would increase the risk Endometrial CA:
• Estrogen
• DM
• HTN
where does the Right ovary drain to?
Left ovary?
significance
R ovary ⇨ IVC
L ovary ⇨ renal vein ⇨ IVC
ovarian cancer will spread faster from the right ovary than from the left
UTERUS: cell type
what is the endometrial lining called?
smooth muscle
Note: Endometrium = linning uterus
UTERUS: Mass
symptom
Uterine polyp
(pass blood clots)
UTERUS: Tumor:
symptoms
Leiomyoma=>menorrhagia
UTERUS Cancer is also called _______
who is at most risk? symptoms and tx
Adenocarcinoma
(>40 y/o w/ metrorrhagia, Tx=SERMs)
CERVIX:
where does it usually metastises?
how is it diagnosed?
what bug is it associated with?
clinical diagnosis
mets to vagina
associated w / HPV
CERVIX Mass:
Wart
CERVIX Tumor:
Fibroma
CERVIX Cancer is called ___________
symptoms
what do they die of?
tx
Squamous cell carcinoma
Sx: post-coital bleeding
MMC: die of pyelonephritis
Tx: Hysterectomy
CERVIX Cancer risk factors:
HPV
sex at young age
smoking
oral contraceptives
CERVIX Cancer vaccine
Vaccine "Gardasil": ⇩cervical CA by 70%, ⇩genital warts by 90%
VAGINA: lower and upper cell type
lower cell type = skeletal muscle
upper vagina = mucosa
a clinical diagnosis
VAGINA Mass:
Wart
VAGINA Tumor:
Fibroma
vaginal cancer sx
bloody discharge
Rhabdomyosarcoma
location
how does it spreads?
(lower vagina, spreads via femoral nodes)
Squamous cell carcinoma
how does it grow?
how does it spreads?
growing downwards (upper vagina, spreads via iliac nodes)
Sarcoma Botyroides:
ball of grapes
Clear cell carcinoma
appearance and exposure
DES exposure, starts as white ridge
clear cell carcinoma of vagina and cervix
VULVA: describe
tumor:
tx:
>>puritic
>>bartholin cyst
>>Tx: Ward catheter, Marsupialization if recurrent (sew it open)
VULVA Cancer and risk
Squamous cell carcinoma
(Risk: Paget's disease of the vulva)
VULVA Tumor:
Bartholin's cyst
Breast CA Risk Factors (7)
#1: Having breasts (large)
#2: Female
#3: Age (old)
#4: Unopposed estrogen
#5: Previous breast cancer
#6: Family Hx
#7: Nulliparity
Estrogen associated cancer
⇧endometrial CA
Progesterone and cancer
⇩endometrial CA/ ⇩ovary CA
Female Cancer Risk IUD
⇩endometrial CA
Female Cancer Risk tubal Ligation:
⇩ovary CA
Female Cancer Risk Lesbians
⇩cervical CA (HPV 16/18 lives on penis)
Female Cancer Risk Smoking:
increased cervical CA
Female Cancer Risk HIV:
Highest risk of cervical CA
Female Cancer Risk Tamoxifen:
Highest risk of endometrial CA
Female Cancer Risk nulliparity:
Highest risk of ovary CA
KIDNEY: cell type
glandular
KIDNEY mass:
Renal cyst
KIDNEY tumor:
Adenoma
renal Cancer in Kids = Wilm's tumor: presentations (3)
abdominal mass ⇨ painless hematuria
• Aniridia ⇨ no iris
• Hemihypertrophy ⇨ 1 leg thinner than the other
Renal cell Adenocarcinoma:
who is at risk
symptoms
location
met and associations
>>adult cancer
>>hematuria, flank pain, palpable mass
• Usually in upper pole of kidney
• "Cannonball mets" to lungs, 20% risk of contralateral kindey cancer
Renal cell carcinoma risk factors:
genetic
toxins
drugs
Smoking, VHL, Tuberous sclerosis, Aflatoxin, Analine dye, Cyclophosphamide
Tests:
o Epo levels
o Angiogenin
o US
o Ateriogram
o IVP
o US
o Abdominal x-ray
o CT
Tests:
o High Epo (polycythemia)
o Angiogenin =>very vascular=> erodes into retroperitoneal fat (check arteriogram)
o US: blood
o Ateriogram: shows where to cut
o IVP: check kidney function
o US: mass
o Abdominal x-ray: dead cells calcify
o CT: metastasis
Renal cell carcinoma tx
Tx: partial nephrectomy (if in upper pole of kidney only) OR total nephrectomy
ADRENAL GLAND Mass
Cyst
ADRENAL GLAND Tumor:
Adenoma
ADRENAL GLAND Cancer
Adenocarcinoma
BLADDER: cell type
transitional cell
BLADDER Mass is called _________
this can lead to what?
Diverticulm (pocket) => infxn or stones
bladder tumor:
Leiomyoma
Transitional cell CA:
sx
Tx
what is used as a new bladder?
>>painless hematuria, multiple primaries
>>Tx: Cystectomy+ radiation (cecum can be used to make new bladder)
parasite that can cause squamous cell bladder CA
Schistosoma Haematobium
Transitional cell CA Risk Factors:
"CABS"
Smoking, Benzene, Aflatoxin, Cyclophosphamide
what is a prostate tumor called?
where does it develop?
Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
begins in center
α1 blockers
Terazosin
Doxazosin
Tamsulosin
which alpha 1 blocker is a good tx for BPH with HTN and why?
Tamsulosin: loosen sphincters
5-α reductase inhibitors:
o Finasteride
o Dutasteride
o Ketoconazole
which 5-α reductase inhibitors can decrease prostate size?
Finasteride
TURP: transurethral resection of prostate.
what should one worry about?
worry about pudendal nerve impotence
what is prostate cancer called?
where does prostate cancer begin and lead to?
what are the PSA levels?
Adenocarcinoma
begins in periphery of the posterior lobe
⇨ osteoblastic CA
PSA > 10
treatment for prostate cancer GnRH analog?
Leuprolide
what are the DHT receptor inhibitors?
Flutamide
Spironolactone
which of the DHT receptor inhibitors can cause
medical castration and hepatotoxicity?
Flutamide
Flutamide
medical castration
Leuprolide
medical menopause
Testicular Mass management
US (no biopsy) ⇨ Orchiectomy w/ inguinal incision
Testicular Mass (newborns):
Hydrocele
Testicular Mass (children):
Hematoma
Testicular Mass (older adults):
Varicocele
Testicular Tumor:
Adenoma
Testicular Cancer: (1 y/o)
Seminoma or Yolk sac cancer (1 y/o)
Testicular mass (older adults):
Varicocele
Testicular tumor is an _______
Adenoma
name 2 testicular cancers
Seminoma or Yolk sac cancer (1 y/o)
SKIN: Mass (2) and Tx
Skin tags or Hemangiomas
(Tx: observe or steroid injection)
SKIN: Tumor:
Dematofibroma
SKIN: Cancer:
Basal cell carcinoma
SKIN: Malignancy:
Squamous cell carcinoma (ulcerates)
what does UV-A cause?
UV-A =>Aging
what does UV-B cause?
UV-B => Burns+ Cancer
SPF 15 block how much of UV-B
SPF-15: blocks 94% UV-B
what are the"ABCD" Skin Cancer:
Asymmetry, irregular Borders, variegated Color, 4mm Diameter
what are the two classifications for skin cancer?
• Clark level
• Breslow's classification
what is the Clark level of skin cancer
level of invasion in dermis
what is the Breslow's classification of skin cancer? what does it determine?
tumor thickness (from epidermis down),
determines tx/prognosis
which skin cancer metastasises? which one kills?
BCC ⇨mets
SCC ⇨ kills
Malignant Melanoma is more predominant in males and females in what part of the body?
male back
female leg
what is the most prognostic of malignant melanoma?
most prognostic factor is sentinal LN
what are the 5 malignant melanomas?
Superficial spreading melanoma
Nodular
Lentigo maligna melanoma
Acral lentigous
Japanese
Superficial spreading melanoma
describe
most common, flat brown
Nodular:
describe
growth
prognosis
worst prognosis, black, dome-shape, radial growth
Lentigo maligna melanoma
highest risk
growth
elderly pts, fair-skin, vertical growth
Acral lentigous
location
risk
AA, Hispanic, on nail beds
Japanese malignant melanoma
occurs in skin, eyes, brain
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
flat flaky stuff on lower face
keratin pearls
ulceration
Precursor to squamous Cell Carcinoma
Actinic keratosis (red scaly plaque)⇦ arsenic poisoning
Most common skin cancer in organ recepients
squamous Cell Carcinoma
types of SCC carcinoma
Bowen's disease
verrucous carcinoma
Bowen's disease
describe
caused by what bug?
SCC in situ on uncircumcised penis dorsum (HPV 16,18)
verrucous carcinoma
SCC wart on anus
Basal Cell Carcinoma
describe
prognosis
MC
pearly papules on upper face, most common skin CA, good prognosis
what are the 4 types of basal cell carcinoma
Nodular
Superficial
Pigmented
Sclerosing
Nodular BCC
pearly white + telengiectasias
Superficial BCC
red scaly plaques w/ white border, looks like cigarette paper
Pigmented BCC
brown w/ white border
Sclerosing BCC
yellow waxy plaques
Cancer-Associated Rashes:
Acanthosis nigricans:
dark leathery neck/axilla=> Lung or GI CA, DM, obesity
Cancer-Associated Rashes: Amyloidosis
presentation
stains
2 types (describe each)
non-specific red rash, protein deposition => big kidneys and liver
• Stains Congo red, Apple-green birefringence (due to β -sheets)
2 types
1°: Congenital (AD)
2°: Acquired - any chronic inflammatory disease: CA, endocarditis
Cancer-Associated Rashes: Heliotropic rash:
purple eyelid and knuckles "Gottron's sign"=> Dermatomyositis
Cancer-Associated Rashes: Kaposi's sarcoma: describe and pathogen
red-purple plaques (HHV-8)
Cancer-Associated Rashes: Paget's disease:
ulcer or rash around nipple=> Breast CA
types of amyloidosis
1°: Congenital (AD)
2°: Acquired - any chronic inflammatory disease: CA,
presentation of Epidural Spinal Cord Compression
tx and management
back pain radiating to front
• Tx: immediate Dexamethasone ⇨ MRI spine
1°: Multiple myeloma
lesions, age, bones , Ig, protein
multiple lesions,
>50 y/o,
flat bones and spine,
IgG, μ light chain
Bone Metastasis in male and females where does it originate from?
Female: from breast
Male: from lung
Epiphysis (cartilage): cell type
chondroblasts
Epiphysis (cartilage)Tumor
Chondroma
Epiphysis Cancer: Chrondrosarcoma:
cartilage tumor that destroys bone
Epiphysis Cancer Giant cell tumor
moth-eaten area, "soap bubble" x-ray
Metaphysis (bone): cell type
osteoblasts
Metaphysis (bone) Tumor:
Osteoma
Metaphysis (bone) 1° Cancer: Osteosarcoma
(Codman's triangle, "sunburst" x-ray- cancer explodes out of bone)
Diaphysis (bone): cell type
osteocytes
Diaphysis (bone) Tumor:
Osteoma
Diaphysis (bone) Cancer:
Metastasis
what are the three 1° Cancer and common presentation?
>>painful at night
• Ewing's osteosarcoma
• Plasmacytoma
• Multiple myeloma
Ewing's osteosarcoma:
tranloction
describe
t(11,22): onion skinning, round blue cells, pseudorosettes
Plasmacytoma:
1 lytic lesion
Multiple myeloma
lesions
Ig/chain
peripheral smear
multiple lytic lesions, IgG, Kappa chain, Roleaux
BREAST: cell type, type of bone lesions and gene
glandular
lytic and blastic bone lesions
BRCA-1,2
what is the most important prognostic factor of breast cancer?
Histologic grade
breast Soft Mass: Dx and Tx
Cyst (Tx: US, FNA)
breast Firm Mass: Dx and Tx
Microcalcification
(Tx: Surgery, follow with chemo or radiation if post-menopausal)
Tumor <25 y/o:
Dx:
describe (3)
when is it painful
Fibroadenoma,
E2-dependant, painless, mobile
(pain: 1st two weeks of cycle)
Tumor >25 y/o
Dx
hormone dependant
when is it painful?
Fibrocystic change, Progesterone-dependant
(pain: 2wk before menses)
Intraductal papilloma breast cancer
nipple bleeding
Intraductal adenocarcinoma breast cancer
dimple, only one with osteoblastic metastasis
Lobular carcinoma breast cancer
describe and LCIS Tx:
cells line up single file, contralateral, primary
>>>LCIS Tx: tamoxifen/Observe
Ductal carcinoma
prognosis
biopsy
invasivenes
DCIS tx
worst prognosis, linear calcifications, 50% become invasive
>>> DCIS Tx: Lumpectomy /LND (low dose naltrexone) /Radiation
Inflammatory carcinoma
inflltrates lymphatics, "peau d'orange", the most malignant
Comedocarcinoma
multiple focal areas of necrosis, "blackheads"
Cystosarcoma phylloides
"exploding mushroom", rubbery, moveable, sarcoma
Paget's disease of the breast
rash and ulcer around nipple
Osteoblastic CA
Intraductal Breast CA
Prostate CA
Female Preventative Medicine:
Breast Exam: 13 y/o
annually(+ self exam at end of each menses)
Female Preventative Medicine: 40 y/o
Mammogram: annually
Female Preventative Medicine: Pap Smear: management
21 y/o (or 3 years after sexually active) ⇨ annually until 65 y/o (or 60 if all neg Paps)
Repeat every 3-5yrs after three negative results (unless CIN/DES/HIV)
Low-grade findings:Infection/ CIN I/ ASCUS: management, tests and tx.
(repeat Pap in 6mo)
1) Tests: Syphilis RPR/HepB/HIV /GC culture
2) Tx for GC
High grade findings: CIN II/III management
(repeat Pap in 3mo)
1) Colposcopy
2) LEEP
3) Cone biopsy
4) Hysterectomy
5) Radiation
Colposcopy:
describe
management on a pregnant woman
acetic acid turns dysplasia white (if pregnant, just repeat q trimester)
LEEP
describe
complications
electrocautery excision of tissue (can lead to cervical stenosis)
Cone biopsy
what is it?
contraindications
complications
laser excision
not if inflamm/ pregnant
can lead to incompetent cervix
Hysterectomy
indications
management
if invades cervix (removes cervix; no more Paps, only q yr pelvic exams)
Radiation
when is it done for cervical cancer
(high grade cancer)
if invades beyond cervix
name the SERMs:
Selective Estrogen Response Modulators
what is it a treatment for?
=> Hot flashes, vaginal dryness
Tamoxifen:
Raloxifene:
Tamoxifen advantage and disadvantages
• Good: Anti-E2 at breast
• Bad: Pro-E2 at endometrium (cancer)
Raloxifene: advantages and disadvantages
• Good: Anti-E2 at breast, Pro-E2 at bone (protects)
• Bad: Pro-E2 at liver (DVT)
what are the aromatase Inhibitors? SE
>>myalgias, arthralgias
• Anastrozole
• Letrozole
• Exemestane
what does aromatase enzyme do?
(Androgens ⇨(aromatase) ⇨Estrogens)
which of the following aromatase inhibitors are irreversible?
Exemestane
Her2 (+) Tx
Herceptin "Trastuzumab"
Chemo Exceptions:
• Post-menopause without invasion
• Lymph node negative
• ER+/PR+
• <1cm size
Tamoxifen Exceptions:
• Pre-menopause
• ER (-)/ PR (-) Cancer
what are Cancer Antigens? and what are they used for?
(non-specific and non-sensitive): use to follow progression of CA
Ovarian Cancer Antigen
CA-125
Cancer Antigen Pancreatic
Cancer Antigen CA-19:
Cancer Antigen Melanoma
Cancer Antigen S-100:
Cancer Antigen Breast
Cancer Antigen BRCA
Cancer Antigen PSA
Cancer Antigens Prostate
Cancer Antigen CEA
Cancer Antigens Colon, Pancreatic
Cancer Antigen AFP
Cancer Antigen: Liver, Yolk sac
Cancer Antigen Rb
Cancer Antigen Ewing's sarcoma, Retinoblastoma
Cancer Antigen: Medullary thyroid cancer
Cancer Antigen Ret:
cancer antigen Ras
Colon
cancer antigen bcl-2
Follicular lymphoma
cancer antigen c-myc
Burkitt's lymphoma
cancer antigen L-myc:
Small cell lung carcinoma "L for lung"
cancer antigen N -myc
Neuroblastoma => pseudorosettes "N for neuro"
cancer antigen Bombesin
Neuroblastoma
cancer antigen beta HCG:
Choriocarcinoma
cancer antigen 5-HIAA
Carcinoid syndrome
cancer antigen p53:
The Guardian of the Genome=> stops cell cycle, starts apoptosis
cancer antigen Ki-67:
Neoplasm growth rate
Chromosome 3 Abnormality:
von Hippel Lindau
Chromosome Abnormalities #4:
Huntington's "hunt = 4 letters"
Chromosome Abnormalities #5:
Cri-du-chat (cat-like cry), HNPCC "HNPCC = 5 letters"
Chromosome Abnormalities #7:
Cystic Fibrosis
Chromosome 11 Abnormalitie (s):
beta thalassemia and Wilm's
"Will, the 11y/o boy w/ an abdominal mass"
Chromosome Abnormalities # 13
Rb
Chromosome Abnormalities #15:
Prader Willi
"Willi, the 15 y/ o hungry boy"
Chromosome Abnormalities # 16:
α-thalassemia, APKD
Chromosome Abnormalities #17 (3)
NF I, p53, BRCA
Chromosome Abnormalities #19:
Myotonic Dystrophy
chromosomal abnormality#22:
NF II, DiGeorge
signs of malignant Lymph Nodes:
#1: Supraclavicular
#2: Epitrochlear- above elbow
#3: Inguinal
Multiple Genes Dz: RA
DR4,5
Multiple Genes Dz: SLE
DR2,3:
Multiple Genes Dz:DM
DR3,4:
t(9,22)
gene
CML (bcr-abl gene)
t(14, 18)
gene
Follicular lymphoma (bcl-2 gene)
t(8,14)
Burkitt's lymphoma (c-myc gene)
t(15,17)
AML M3
t(11,14)
Mantle cell lymphoma
t(11,22)
Ewing's sarcoma
HLA Types:A3, A6:
Hemochromatosis
HLA Types B5
Behcet's
HLA Types B13:
Psoriasis
HLA Types B27
Psoriasis w / arthritis, Ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter's
HLA type DR2
Goodpasture's, MS
HLA type DR3:
Celiac sprue
HLA DR4
Pemphigus vulgaris
HLA DR5
Pernicious anemia