5.10 Biologic Behaviour of tumors

Question 1

neoplasms affect on patients

Answer 1

different types of neoplasms affect the patient in a variety of ways

Question 2

signs and symptoms

Answer 2

pain, mass, hemorrhage, lumen obstruction, loss of function, hormone secretion, infection, cachexia

Question 3

Pain (unfortunately not common)

Answer 3

pain not being there is more diagnostic like an LN that is hard and immobile with no pain points to cancer

Question 4

see pain in

Answer 4

pancreatic carcinoma, bone cancer

Question 5

Mass

Answer 5

breast cancer, brain tumors

Question 6

Hemorrhage

Answer 6

renal cell adenocarcinoma, colon adenocarcinoma, leukemia

Question 7

in a male over 55 with iron deficiency anemia you need to rule out

Answer 7

carcinoma

Question 8

in leuekmia you see

Answer 8

wide spread bleeding bc platelet numbers go down

Question 9

lumen obstruction

Answer 9

colon cancers (especially distal), Pancreatic carcinoma

Question 10

Loss of function

Answer 10

brain tumors

Question 11

hormone secretion

Answer 11

parathyroid adenoma, pituitary adenoma, adrenal cortical adenoma and carcinoma

Question 12

in pituitary adenoma homones may

Answer 12

decrease because over growth of pituitary in sellatursica can obsturct the pituitary gland, but you can also see increased hormone levels too

Question 13

infection

Answer 13

lung cancer, colon cancer with perforation

Question 14

cachexia

Answer 14

sever wasting weight loss in many malignancies - cytokines (mostly TNF) account for this