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2.1.2 Lung Cancer Flashcards

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When is the peak incidence of lung cancer? What is gender ratio?

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6th and 7th decade of life

2:1 Males to females, possibly due to the greater number of male smokers

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What are some risk factors for lung cancer?

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SMOKING!!

Asbestos exposure

Radiation

Aromatic hydrocarbons

Metals: beryllium, nickel, arsenic

Hx of lung cancer

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Tobacco usage accounts for what percentage of cancers globally?

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20% (up to 30% in certain high income countries)

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How many people does tobacco kill annually?

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6 million

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What are some genetic mutations/abnormal expressions associated with lung cancer?

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EGFR mutation (AdCa)

K-ras mutation, cigarrette smoking (non-small cell Ca)

Myc overexpression (small cell Ca)

P53, Rb mutations (small cell Ca, non-small cell Ca)

Bcl-2 expression (SCC- adenoCa)

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What are some of the possible local clinical features of lung cancer?

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  • Cough, dyspnea, hemoptysis, pain, pneumonia, pleural effusion
  • Pancoast tumor (apex of lung)
  • Coin lesion
  • Pancoast syndrome (cervical sympathetic nerve paralysis)
  • Horner’s syndrome (endophthalmos, ptosis, meiosis, anhidrosis)
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What is a possible medistinal clinical feature of lung cancer?

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Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

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Name 6 common paraneoplastic syndromes.

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  1. Cushing syndrome -due to production of ACTH. It’s primarily associated with small cell carcinoma; also carcinoid tumors and other carcinomas such as large cell carcinoma.
  2. Inappropriate ADH secretion – – causing hyponatremia and greater osmolality of urine than blood. This is mainly associated with small cell carcinoma; occasionally adenocarcinoma.
  3. Carcinoid syndrome
  4. Hypercalcemia – – in the absence of skeletal metastasis is due to ectopic secretion of a PTH-like substance. This is associated predominantly with squamous cell carcinoma.
  5. Gynecomastia (Gonadotropin)
  6. Acromegaly (GH)
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What are the five most common sites of lung cancer metastases?

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Regional lymph nodes (most cases)

Liver, 30%

Adrenal glands, 50%

Bone, 15-20%

Brain, 20%

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What are the four most frequent causes of death in patients with lung cancer?

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Pneumonia, Lung abcesses, Bleeding, Effects of metastasis on other organs

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Describe the 5-year survival rate of various types of lung cancer. Which is worst?

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Small cell carcinoma is the worst

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12
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What are the two gross classifications of lung cancer?

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Central (neoplasms in major bronchi, segmental bronchi, or greater than 1 mm in diameter)

Peripheral (lung parenchyma where bronchioles are less than 1 mm in diameter)

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What are some of the benign epithelial lung cancers? malignant epithelial lung cancers?

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Benign: adenomas, papillomas

Malignant: squamous cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, large cell carcinoma, adenosquamous carcinoma, neuroendocrine tumors

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Other than epithelial lung cancers, what are some possible types of lung cancer?

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Name the top 4 most common lung cancers.

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma (25-40%)

Adenocarcinoma (25-40%)

Small Cell Carcinoma (20-25%)

Large Cell Carcinoma (10-15%)

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What are some clinical features of squamous cell carcinoma?

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  • Hemoptysis, cough
  • Symptoms due to obstruction: recurrent pneumonia, atelectasis
  • Superior vena cava syndrome (severe venous and lymphatic congestion of the upper body due to compression or invasion of the superior vena cava. Results in dusky cyanosis & marked dilation of veins of head, neck, & arms)
  • Pancoast tumor/syndrome
  • Horner syndrome
  • Hypercalcemia (sec of PTH-like substance)
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What are some of the factors that increased the likelihood of squamous cell carcinoma?

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SMOKING, more frequent in males, centrally located

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What are two key histologic features of squamous cell carcinoma?

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Keratin pearl and desmoplastic (fibrous) stroma of tumor

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What two markers can be useful in immunostains to help identify/accurately diagnose squamous cell carcinoma?

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p63/p40

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What is the most important prognostic factor in squamous cell carcinoma? What is the 5 year survival?

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Clinical stage; 15%

21
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What is the common location of adenocarcinoma? Which gender is commonly affected?

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Peripherally located (75%), most common type in women

22
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What are some the various forms/presentations of adenocarcinomas? (6)

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  1. Acinar adenocarcinoma
  2. Solid carcinoma with mucous formation (formerly large cell carcinoma)
  3. Papillary adenocarcinoma - finger-like projections
  4. Micropapillary adenocarcinoma - small finger-like projections
  5. Inv mucinous adenocarcinoma
  6. Lepidic-pattern adenocarcinoma
23
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What type of adenocarcinoma?

24
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What is the substance stained red?

25
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Identify the various adenocarcinoma patterns

26
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What is the new name for bronchioloalveolar adenocarcinoma?

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Lepidic-adenocarcinoma

27
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What are the two types of lepidic-adenocarcinoma?

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Mucinous and non-mucinous

28
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What are the genetic mutations associated with some of histologic variants of BAC?

29
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What is the 5 year survival prognosis of adenocarcinoma?

30
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What is the 5 year survival prognosis of lepidic adenocarcinoma?

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42%, prognosis is worse for diffuse form

31
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What biomarkers is useful in determining whether an adenocarcinoma is a primary tumor or metastatic tumor?

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Thyroid-transition factor 1 (TTF-1), presence indicates that is likely of lung origin

32
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What are some of the molecular targets in NSCLC?

33
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Describe how IHC markers (TTF-1, p63, CK5/6) can be used to determine the type of cancer.

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What are the four types of neuroendocrine tumors and their differentiation status?

35
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What type of neuroendocrine tumor is bronchial carcinoids? Typical age of onset?

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Well differentiated neuroendocrine Ca; average age of 45 (with wide range)

36
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What is the most common type of bronchial carcinoid?

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Central Carcinoid (90%)

Less common forms include peripheral and atypical

37
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Where do central bronchial carcinoids typically arise? invade?

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Typically arise in segmental or larger bronchi as polypoid exophytic mass projecting into lumen. Typically invade into bronchial wall.

38
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What this be?

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Central carcinoid

39
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How are atypical bronchial carcinoids different from central bronchial carcinoids?

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Increased mitotic activity

Tumor necrosis

Increased cellularity

Moderatelly differentiated

High N/C ratio

40
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What are some of the general characteristics of small cell carcinoma?

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Male:Female ratio of 2:1

Associated with SMOKING

Usually Central

“oat cell carcinoma”

41
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Yo doc, I have this mass in my lungs. Can you tell me what this is?

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Small Cell Carcinoma

42
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What are those?!?!

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Oat Cells (small dots of hyperchromatic nuclei)

43
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What type of carcinoma is this?

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Smal cell carcinoma (the combined type)

44
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Why might small cell carcinoma have such a poor 5 year survival rate?

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Generally metastatic by the time a diagnosis is made

45
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Use TTF-1, Neuroendocrine markers (chromo, synaptophysin, CD56), and Ki67 to differentiate b/t typical carcinoid, atypical carcinoid, large cell neuroendocrine Ca, small cell Ca.

46
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What are some common features of hamartoma?

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common benign tumor

usually peripheral

usually asymptomatic and slow growing

“coin lesion”

cartilage, bone, fat, muscle, CT

47
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What are three things that might lead you to think a tumor is a metastasis?

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Multiple nodules, Lymphangitic metastasis, solitary (coin lesion)

48
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What are the two phases of malignant mesothelioma?

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epithelial-like cells, spindle cells

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