11 Oncology Flashcards
what cancer (with mets) are most successfully cured with surgery?
colon ca in liver and sarcoma to lung but survival will STILL be low overall
which protein causes angiogenesis and is involved with tumor mets?
V-EGF (vascular epidermal growth factor)
what cancer (with mets) are most successfully cured with surgery?
colon ca in liver and sarcoma to lung but survival will STILL be low overall
which malignancies are HIV-related?
kaposi’s sarcoma and non-hodgkin’s lymphoma
what are the cutaneous T-cell lymphomas?
HTLV-1 (skin lesions) and mycosis fungoides (sezary cells)
which solid tumors are curable with chemotherapy only?
hodgkin’s and nonhodgkin’s lymphoma
what are prognostic indicators for survival after resection of hepatic colorectal mets?
disease-free interval > 12 months tumor number < 3 CEA < 200 size < 5 cm negative nodes
can en bloc multi-organ resection attempted?
for some tumors (colon into uterus, adrenal into liver, gastric into spleen) aggressive local invasiveness is different from metastatic disease
what is 5 year survival for colon mets to liver if successfully resected?
35%
when is palliative surgery considered?
for tumors of hollow viscus causing obstruction or bleeding (colon ca), or breast ca with skin or chest wall involvement
how are lymph nodes good signs of probable mets?
they have poor barrier function
when is salvage therapy given?
for tumors that fail to respond to initial chemotherapy
what is adjuvant therapy?
combined with another modality; given after other therapy is used
what is primary therapy, when is it used? what is another name?
neoadjuvant. chemo given 1st (usually), followed by another (secondary) therapy
what is induction therapy, when is it used?
sole treatment; used for advanced disease or when no other tx exists
what are the types of therapy?
induction, primary, adjuvant, salvage
what question does a phase IV clinical trial answer?
implementation and marketing
what question does a phase III clinical trial answer?
is it better than existing therapy?
what question does a phase II clinical trial answer?
is it effective?
what question does a phase I clinical trial answer?
is it safe and at what dose?
which cancers cause small bowel mets?
melanoma (#1)
which cancers cause skin mets?
breast, melanoma
which cancers cause bone mets?
breast (31), prostate
which cancers can cause ovarian mets?
stomach (krukenberg tumor), colon
which cancers are associated with a suspicious periumbilical node? what is that node called?
pancreas. Sister Mary Joseph’s node
which cancers are associated with suspicious axillary node?
lymphoma (#1), breast, melanoma
what cancers can give you suspicious supraclavicular nodes?
neck, breast, lung, stomach (virchow’s node), pancreas
what cancer does asbestos give you?
mesothelioma
what cancer does benzene give you?
leukemia
what cancer does beta-naphthylamine give you?
urinary tract ca (bladder ca)
what cancer does coal tar give you?
larynx, skin, bronchial ca
what are common carcinogens?
coal tar, beta-naphthylamine, benzene, asbestos
does colon ca met to bone?
not usually
which gene is the initial step in teh evolution of colorectal ca?
APC
which genes are involved in colon cancer?
APC, p53, DCC, K-ras
what is li-fraumeni syndrome?
defect in p53 gene. childhood sarcomas, breast ca, brain tumors, leukemia, adrenal ca
when mutated, which proto-oncogene is responsible for unregulated production of ranscription factors?
myc (c-myc, n-myc, l-myc)
when mutated, which proto-oncogene is responsible for an epidermal growth factor receptor defect?
erb B
when mutated, which proto-oncogene is responsible for a G protein defect?
ras
when mutated, which proto-oncogene is responsible for a platelet derived growth factor receptor defect?
sis
when mutated, which proto-oncogene is responsible for a tyrosine kinase defect?
src
what are the proto-oncogenes?
ras, src, sis, erb B, myc
what are the tumor suppressor genes?
Rb1, p53, APC, DCC, bcl, BRCA
which tumor suppressor gene is located on chromosome 18?
DCC.
what does APC gene do?
tumor suppressor gene involved with cell cycle regulation and movement
which tumor suppressor gene is located on chromosome 5?
APC
what does normal p53 gene do, and what happens when it is abnormal?
p53 normally induces cell arrest and apoptosis. abnormal p53 allows unrestrained cell growth
which tumor suppressor gene is located on chromosome 17?
p53
which tumor suppressor gene is located on chromosome 13?
Rb1
which tumor suppressor genes are involved in apoptosis?
bcl
which tumor suppressor genes are involved in cell adhesion?
DCC
which tumor suppresor genes are involved with cell cycle regulation?
retinoblastoma (Rb1), P53, APC
which organs can you resect to PREVENT cancer (resecting normal organs)?
Breast: BRCA I or II w strong family history
Thyroid when pt has RET proto-oncogene with FH of thyroid ca
what is GCSF side effect?
sweet’s syndrome (acute febrile neutropenic dermatitis)
what is GCSF used for?
neutrophil recovery after chemo
what is GCSF?
granulocyte colony-stimulating factor