ABSITE Review - Oncology Flashcards
MC cancer in women
Breast CA
MC cause of CA-related death in women and men
Lung CA
MC CA in men
Prostate CA
What molecules are detected by PET scan?
Fluorodeoxyglucose molecules
Tumor Markers
MENTION
CEA
colon CA
AFP
liver CA
CA 19-9
pancreatic CA
CA 125
ovarian CA
Beta-HCG
testicular CA, choriocarcinoma
PSA
prostate CA
NSE
small cell lung CA, neuroblastoma
BRCA I and II
breast CA
Malignancies associated with Infectious Agents
MENTION
Cervical CA
HPV
Gastric CA
H pylori
HCC
Hepatitis B and C
Kaposi’s sarcoma and Primary effusion lymphoma
HHV-8
Splenic lymphoma
Hepatitis C
Burkitt’s lymphoma (8:14 translocation) and nasopharyngeal CA (c-myc)
EBV
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
Human T-cell leukemia virus-1
What is the most vulnerable phase of the cell cycle to radiation?
M phase
What is the main target of radiation therapy? What is the mechanism of action?
DNA
Formation of oxygen radicals
What are the very radiosensitive tumors?
Seminomas, Lymphomas
What are the very redioresistant tumors?
Epithelial, Sarcomas