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most common malig in most organs
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metastatic
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blood dyscrasias
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table 9-1
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genetic predisp to cancer
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table 9-3
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highest incidence and mortality for cancers for men and women
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Male incidence: Prostate, Lung, Colon
Female incidence: Breast, Lung, Colon Male mort: Lung, Prostate, Colon Female mort: Lung, Breast, Colon |
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lung cancer tx
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non small cell: surg
small cell: chemo only, no surg if early mets |
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8 consequences of lung cancer
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1. Horners from Pancoast tumor: unilateral ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis
2. Diaphragm paralysis: from phrenic nerve involvement 3. Hoarseness from recurrent laryngeal nerve involvement 4. SVC syndrome: edema, redness of neck, face, CNS sxs, compression of SVC 5. Cushings: from ACTH producing small cell carcinoma 6. SIADH from production by small cell carcinoma 7. HyperCal from bone mets of PTH production from small cell carcinoma 8. Eaton-Lambert Syndrome: myasthenia like syndrome from lung cancer that spares ocular muscles, become stronger with repetitive stim unlike myasthenia |
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what do you do with a solitary pulm nodule on CXR
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compare to old CXRs. If same for 2 years than its not cancer. If no old films available and pt older than 35 or long smoking hx, get CT with PET scan if indeterminate. Get a biopsy.
If <35 most likely TB/infectious, hamartoma, or collagen vascular dz. Careful observation, f/u repeat chest CT |
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breast ca incidence
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1/10
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risk factors for BC
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1. personal hx
2. family hx in first deg rel 3. age 4. early menarche, late menopause, late first preg, nulliparity 5. atypical hyperplasia of breast 6. radiation exposure before 30 |
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sxs of BC
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fixation of mass to chest wall or overlying skin, satellite nodules, ulcers, lymphedema, peau d'orange, matted/fixed axillary nodes, inflammatory changes, any new brest mass in postmenopausal woman
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what to do with masses in women <30
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think fibroadenoma, observe for few menstrual cycles before considering biopsy
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most common histologic type of BC
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invasive ductal car
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what to give for ER+ and ProgR+ tumors
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aromatase inhibitors: Letrozole, Anastrozole, Tamoxifen
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what to give for Her2NeuR+
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Trastuzumab against receptor
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which is better mastectomy or breast conserving surg plus rad
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equally effective
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why do we do sentinal node biopsy
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to see if nodes are positive and to see if chemo is necessary
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how many men over 80 have prostate ca
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60%
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which race gets prostate ca
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black>white>Asian
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tx for prostate ca
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local: surg
mets: hormonal tx: orchiectomy, GnRH agonist Leuprolide, AR antagonist Flutamide, Estrogen, DES Chemo doesn't work, rads for local dz or pain from bony mets |
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which IBD increases risk of colon ca more
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UC more than Crohns
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when is peak incidence of colon ca
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60-75 yrs
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how do you monitor colon ca tx progress
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CEA
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colon ca tx
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surgery, adjuvant chemo with 5FU and Levamisole or Leucovorin
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what do you do with liver mets from colon ca
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resect if solitary. with mets elsewhere, prog is poor
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classic pres for pancreatic adeno
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smoker b/w 40 and 80: WL and jaundice, epigastric pain
Migratory thrombophlebitis (Trousseau's syndrome) Palpable nontender gallbladder (Courvoisier's sign) |
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Tx and prog for pancreatic ca
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Whipple's, 5% 5 year survival
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what about Insulinoma
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Whipple's triad 1. sxs of hypogly
2. low plasma glucose at the time of sxs 3. relief with normalization glucose insulinomas mostly benign and can resect, look for C-peptide which will be high vs exogenous insulin taken |
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what about gastrinoma
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ZE synd: gastrinoma, acid hypersecretion, PUD, ulcers in weird places like all the way to distal duodenum/jejunum
More than half malignant |
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what about glucagonoma
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hypergly, migratory necrotizing skin erythema
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most common ov ca
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serous cystadenocarcinoma: has psammoma bodies
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what's the benefit of OCPs on ca?
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reduces ov and endomet ca risk by 50%
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what about Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor
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virilization
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what about granulosa-theca cell tumor
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causes feminization and prec pub
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Meigs' syndrome
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ovarian fibroma, ascites, R hydrothorax/effusion
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Krukenberg's tumor
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stomach or GI ca with mets to the ovaries
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RF for cervical ca
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<20 at first coitus/preg/marr
multiple partners smoking low SES High parity (but protects against endomet ca) |
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what does maternal DES exposure do
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clear cell ca of cervix/vag in daughters
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what does a woman with postmenopausal bleeding need
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pap smear, endocervical curettage, endomet biopsy, consider ultrasound
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RF for endomet ca
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unopposed est stim: PCOS, estrogen secreting tumor, est replacement without prog
DM Gallbladder dz' HTN late menopause nulliparity obesity |
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what about pheo
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intermittent severe HTN, MS change, HA, diaphoresis
check 24h urine catecholamines |
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what about bladder ca
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persistent painless hematuria
rubber/dye industry (aniline dye exposure) first do cystoscopy |
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where are brain tumors most freq located
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adults 2/3 are supratentorial
children 2/3 are infratentorial |
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brain tumor sxs
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seizures, neuro def, intracranial HTN, BV, papilledema, projectile nausea/vom, hydrocephalus and ataxia in children
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most common types of brain tumors
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adults: gliomas and meningiomas
children: cerebellar astrocytoma, medullo, then ependymoma |
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most common types of post fossa tumors in adults
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acoustic neuroma and hemangioblastoma
mets more likely then primary |
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what about neurofibromatosis
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Type 1: cafe au lait spots, neurofibromas, Lisch nodules (iris hamartomas), scoliosis, optic gliomas, pheo, increased tumor sus
Type 2: b/l acoustic neuromas, juvenile cataracts |
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what about von Hippel-Landau dz
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hemangioblastomas of retina/cerebellum/medulla, b/l renal cell ca, increase in angiogenic HIF expression
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where are carcinoids located
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small bowel or appendix
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carcinoid synd
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episodic cutaneous flushing, abd cramps, diarrhea, right sided heart valve damage, urine 5HIAA increased. lung carcinoids are rarely functional
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what about esophageal ca
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WL, anemia, "my food is sticking", dysphagia, most commonly adeno in blacks obese with barrett's
squamous cell in smoker/drinker |
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what about histiocytosis
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CD1+ Birbeck granules (cytoplasmic inclusion bodies look like tennis rackets) in histiocytes
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what about Kaposi's sarcoma
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HIV pos, rash that doesn't respond to tx
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liver tumor signs
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WL, RUQpain, enlarged liver
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industrial exp to vinyl chloride
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angiosarcoma of liver
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history of UC or liver flukes (clonorchis) predis to what ca
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cholangiosarcoma
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most common primary tumor of liver
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hemangioma, generally left alone
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liver tumor in women taking OCPs
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hepatic adenoma. stop OCPs. do a needle biopsy then surg
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most common liver tumor in children
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hepatoblastoma
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who gets nasopharyngeal ca
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Asians, assoc with EBV
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how does osteosarcoma look on XR
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Codman's triangle or Sunburst periosteal rxn. distal femur/tibia
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what about pituitary tumors
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bitemporal hemianopsia. most often functioning version is prolactinomas: galactorrhea, menstrual/sexual dysfunction.
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what about retinoblastoma
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leukocoria (red reflex is white), unilateral exophthalmos in a young child
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what about sarcoma botryoides
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rhabdosarcoma subtype in a girl with a bunch of grapes coming out of vagina
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what about skin cancer
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ABCD: asymmetry, borders irregular, color change or multiple colors, diameter
UV increases risk of basal, squam, and melanoma most common is basal: never mets, pearly umbilicated telangiectasias squam rarely mets melanoma often mets |
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what about stomach cancer
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RF: japanese, age, smoking, smoked meat, H pylori
Krukenberg's tumor: stomach ca with b/l ovarian mets Virchow's node: left supraclavicular node enlargement from visceral ca spread |
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what about testicular ca
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most common solid malig in men <30
main RF: cryptorchidism can diff hydrocele from ca by transillumination and u/s most common is seminoma (radiosens) test lymph drains paraaortic LNs at level of renal veins scrotal lymph drains to inguinal nodes |
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what about thyroid ca
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cold nodule on nuc scan, hx of irradiation, "stony hard" nodule, increased calcitonin level (MENII)
tests: thyroid function tests, u/s, nuc scan, FNA for diag |
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what about unicameral bone cyst
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expansile, lytic, well demarcated benign bone cyst in prox humerus in children and adolescents
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what about wilms tumor
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nephroblastoma at age 2-4: flank mass and hematuria. embryonic glomerular structures. part of WAGR complex: Wilms tumor, Aniridia, GU malformations, Retardation mental-motor
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what about neuroblastoma
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tumor of adrenal medulla in children, can be anywhere along sympathetic chain, HVA in urine, N-myc oncogene
non-rhythmic conjugate eye mvments, myoclonus |