2: Carcinoma of the bronchus Flashcards
Define carcinoma of the bronchus
Malignant neoplasm arising from epithelium of bronchioles or bronchus
What are two types of bronchial carcinoma
Small cell lung cancer
Non small cell lung cancer
What is most common type of bronchial carcinoma
Non small cell lung cancer (85%)
What % of bronchial carcinomas are small cell lung cancer
15%
what are the three types of non small cell lung cancer
- Squamous Cell Lung Cancer
- Adenocarcinoma
- Large cell carcinoma
What is the most common type of non small cell lung cancer
Squamous cell lung cancer (35%)
Where to small cell lung cancers arise
Arise from neuroendocrine - Kluchitsky cells
What does small cell lung cancers arising from Kluchitsky cells mean
Most paraneoplastic syndromes are associated with small cell lung cancer
What % of small cell lung cancers have metastasised at presentation
70%
What two cancers arise from central part of the lung
2S’s:
Squamous cell lung-cancer
Small cell lung cancer
What is squamous cell lung cancer strongly associated with
Smoking
Where does squamous cell lung cancer arise
Larger central airways adjacent to the hilum
How do squamous cell lung cancers develop
Metaplasia- Dysplasia- Carcinoma sequence
What is squamous cell lung cancer strongly associated with
Clubbing
Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
what is the most common type of lung cancer in non-smokers
Adenocarcinoma
what is adenocarcinoma a type of
Non small-cell lung cancer
where do adenocarcinomas arise
Smaller peripheral airways
what is most common lung-cancer type in women
Adenocarcinoma
what is the precursor for adenocarcinoma
atypical adenomatous hyperplasia
what is a large cell carcinoma
cancer that cannot be histologically classified into other types
where do large cell carcinomas usually arise
peripheries
what can large cell carcinomas secrete
bHCG
what cancers have strongest association with smoking
small cell lung cancer
where do small cell lung cancers arise
central airways
explain grading of small cell lung cancers
all small cell lung cancers are highly aggressive and therefore by definition are all high-grade
what is the second most common cancer in the uk
lung cancer
which gender is bronchial carcinoma more common it and what cancer is an exception to this rule
- Men. Except adenocarcinoma which is more common in women (6:1)
what are 5 RF for bronchial carcinoma
- Smoking (90%)
- FH
- Radiation
- Asbestos
- Heavy metals
what is the most common presenting symptom of bronchial carcinoma
Cough (90%)
what are three symptoms of bronchial carcinoma
Cough
Haemoptysis
Dyspneoa