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What are 6 examples of multimodal treatment of the cancer patient?

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  1. Surgery
  2. Chemotherapy
  3. Immunotherapy
  4. Radiation therapy
  5. Interventional oncology
  6. Palliation
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What is surgical oncology?

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Utilizing surgical techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer;

Understanting the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative decision-making and treatment options and possible outcomes to most effectively treat neoplastic disease

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Surgical oncology is a subspecialty with emphasis on the _____ as a whole.

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patient

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What is the most effective management of a cancer patient?

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An integrated team approach

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What are 6 patient considerations we have to make preoperatively?

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  1. Overall health status
  2. Comorbidities
  3. Type and stage of cancer
  4. Adjuvant therapies available
  5. Owner goals
  6. Expected prognosis
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What 5 preoperative considerations should be made when assessing a mass?

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  1. Location (anatomic, dermal vs. SQ)
  2. Size
  3. Gross appearance
  4. Consistency
  5. Degree of fixation
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What diagnostic procedures can be done preoperatively?

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Fine needle aspiration and/or pretreatment biopsy

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What is the overall sensitivity and specificity of fine-needle aspiration? How often does histopath agree with these?

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Sensitivity = 80%

Specificity = 100%

Histopath agreement = 91%

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What are 3 techniques that can be used for fine needle aspiration?

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  1. Open needle technique (easiest)
  2. Suction technique
  3. Ultrasound or CT-guided
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Why would you want to use a body map?

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Good to keep track of growths and their sizes, appearances, etc. over time

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What is staging based on?

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The location where neoplasia has already spread

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What are 5 common diagnostics that can be used to help with staging?

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  1. Blood work
  2. Thoracic radiographs (3-view)
  3. Abdominal ultrasound
  4. +/- CT scan
  5. Fine needle aspiration
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What is a sentinel lymph node?

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First LN within lymphatic drainage basin that drains the primary tumor reliably

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T/F: A sentinel LN always indicates that the tumor is metastatic.

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False

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What is the next step if sentinel LN testing is negative?

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Additional LN assessment is unnecessary

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What is the next step if sentinel LN testing is positive?

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The LN needs to be removed

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What are 5 preop sentinel LN mapping techniques?

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  1. Radiographic lymphography
  2. CT lymphography
  3. MR lymphography
  4. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound
  5. Single-photon emission CT and PET
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What are 3 intraop sentinel LN mapping techniques?

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  1. Lymphoscintigraphy
  2. Colorimetric SLN mapping
  3. Near-infrared imaging
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What does each letter stand for in TNM staging?

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T = tumor

N = node

M = metastasis

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When should staging be performed?

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Before you go to surgery

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At stage T1, the tumor is _____ in diameter, superficial, or exophytic.

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<2cm

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At stage T2, the tumor is _____ in diameter or with minimal _____ irrespective of size.

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2-5cm, invasion

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At stage T3, the tumor is _____ in diameter or with invasion of the _____, irrespective of size.

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>5cm, subcutis

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At stage T4, the tumor is _____ other structures such as _____, _____, _____, or _____.

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invading, fascia, muscle, bone, cartilage

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At stage N1, there are _____ affected _____ nodes.
movable, ipsilateral
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At stage N2, there are _____ affected _____ or _____ nodes.
movable, contralateral, bilateral
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At stage N3, there are _____ nodes.
fixed
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At stage M0, there is _____ of distant metastasis.
no evidence
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At stage M1, there is \_\_\_\_\_.
distant metastasis detected
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In stage 1 of cancer, what are the TNM stages?
T1, N0, M0
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In stage 2 of cancer, what are the TNM stages?
T2, N0, M0
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In stage 3 of cancer, what are the TNM stages?
T3, N0, M0
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In stage 4 of cancer, what are the TNM stages?
Any T, N1 (positive), M0
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In stage 5 of cancer, what are the TNM stages?
Any T, Any N, M1 (metastasis)
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What are 2 other names for LN removal?
Lymphadenectomy LN extirpation
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What are 2 reasons to perform a biopsy and what 2 things change when this is done?
Perform: 1) Unable to perform FNA, 2) Non-diagnostic FNA Changes: 1) Treatment plan, 2) Owner decision
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How is the animal prepared for a biopsy?
Sedation and local analgesia, wide clip, aseptic technique
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All removed tissue for a biopsy is put in _____ and submitted.
formalin
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What is the most common incisional biopsy and what is the desirable shape?
Wedge; Should be narrow and deep to take margins of normal AND abnormal
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What should you ALWAYS consider when taking an incisional biopsy?
Future surgical margins; Do not take normal tissue if it will make your future margins bigger
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What is a tru-cut biopsy used for?
Beneficial for masses that are hard to get to
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What type of biopsy is this?
punch
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What are 5 minimally invasive ways by which we can obtain biopsies?
1. Image-guided (ultrasound or CT) 2. Endoscopic (GI) 3. Cystoscopic (bladder, urethra, prostate) 4. Laparascopic (liver, spleen, kidney) 5. Thoracoscopic (lung, LN, pleura, cardiac)
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What is an excisional biopsy? Why is it frowned upon?
Taking the entire tumor; Frowned upon because if you remove it and find out it was malignant then you may have missed margins
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When should you use an excisional biopsy?
When you are confident you can get entire margins, such as with tiny masses
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What are 3 goals of surgical oncology?
1. Curative intent 2. Cytoreduction 3. Palliative intent
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What is surgical dose in oncology?
Aggressiveness of surgical resection applied to a tumor
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A
pseudocapsule
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B
skin
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C
wide zone/margin
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D
reactive zone
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E
satellite tumor
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F
marginal zone
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G
fascia
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H
muscle
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What margins of fascial planes should we consider?
Muscle and muscle fascia, cartilage, bone
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What two fascial planes are considered barriers to tumors?
cartilage and bone
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What do surgical skin margins depend on?
primary tumor
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How deep and wide do skin margins need to be?
1 fascial plane deep 2-3 cm wide
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When would you use neoadjuvant therapy?
For very large tumors or tumors in difficult locations
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What are 2 types of neoadjuvant therapy?
Chemotherapy and radiation therapy
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When would you perform a curative intent surgery?
You know the tumor type prior to surgery and can get wide margins or radical excision
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What are the 7 steps to the curative intent technique?
1. Wide clip and drape 2. Remove FNA/biopsy tract 3. Use separate "clean" and "dirty" instruments 4. Wide incision 5. Maintain margin to deep plane 6. Avoid tumor manipulation 7. +/- lavage wound bed
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In curative intent wound closure, you would use _____ techniques.
tension-relieving
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T/F: You can manage an open wound if needed after removal.
True
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What 4 things do we NOT want to do in oncologic surgery?
1. Tissue undermining 2. Flaps/grafts if dirty resection 3. Drains 4. Cosmetics
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What are 2 techniques used in cytoreductive surgery and what do they do?
1. Debulking = intralesional; macroscopic disease left behind 2. Shell out = marginal resection; leaves microscopic disease
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What is palliative intent surgery and when should it be performed?
Surgery to relieve pain or discomfort and/or to improve function; Done only when necessary
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In palliative surgery, we remove as much _____ as possible and leave as much _____ as possible.
tumor, tissue
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What risk does palliative surgery have?
Dehiscence
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What are 4 techniques used to mark the specimen after removal?
1. Sectioning 2. Suture placement 3. Adjacent tissue submission 4. Inking
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What is the best dye to ink the surgical margin with and what colors?
Alcian Blue dye; Best colors = yellow, black, blue
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What should be done prior to inking margins on a tissue?
Keep tissues moist
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How long should ink dry before fixation and what do we use for fixation?
10-15 min; Use 10% buffered formalin fixation (1 : 10)
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What 4 things are reported on a histopath report?
1. Tumor type 2. Tumor grade 3. Cellular characteristics and invasiveness 4. Surgical margins
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What can we do when the margins are incomplete?
1. Re-excision 2. Radiation therapy 3. Chemotherapy 4. Monitor for recurrence
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How long after wound healing does radiation therapy start?
~10-14 days

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