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B6-076 Pathologic Fracture: Metastatic Cancer Flashcards

1
Q

what factor makes a tumor malignant?

A

the ability to kill the patient

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2
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each “hallmark” of a malignant cancer is the result of

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single mutation

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3
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oncogenes causes […] of function mutations

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gain

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4
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tumor suppressor genes cause […] of function mutations

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loss

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5
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signal transducing proteins

A

RAS
BRAF
JAK2
NOTCH
ABL

**oncogenes

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6
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nuclear regulatory proteins

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MYC
NMYC

**oncogenes

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7
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cell cycle regulators

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Cyclin D1
CDK4

**oncogenes

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8
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enablers of geonomic stability

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TP53

**tumor suppressor

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9
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how many alleles of oncogenes need to be affected to increase the odds of metaplasia?

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1

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10
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how many alleles of tumor suppressor genes need to be affected to increase the odds of metaplasia?

A

both

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11
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[oncogene or tumor suppressor]
more likely to be inherited mutation

A

tumor suppressor

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12
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plasma cell myeloma is likely to present as a […] metastases

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lytic

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13
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likely to present as sclerotic/blastic metastases [2]

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prostate adenocarcinoma
breast carcinoma

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14
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[what stage?]
invaded lamina propria

A

T1

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15
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[what stage?]
invades muscularis propria?

A

T2

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16
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[what stage?]
invades adipose tissue

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T3

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17
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[what stage?]
invades other organs

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T4

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18
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all neoplasms are […]

A

clonal

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19
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a malignant tumor of gland forming cells is called

A

adenocarcinoma

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20
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a benign tumor of gland forming cells is

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adenoma

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21
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can oncogenes mutation be inherited?

22
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DNA repair genes are [onco/tumor suppressor] genes

A

tumor suppressor

23
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lytic metastases are associated with increased […] activity

A

osteoclastic

24
Q

if you see a report with an allele frequency near 50%, you should be concerned about

A

germ line mutation

25
Q

what type of gene is BRCA2?

A

tumor suppressor

26
Q

what type of gene is EGFR?

27
Q

directed therapies are most effective at targeting

A

protein products of oncogenes

28
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what kind of genes are DNA repair genes?

A

tumor suppressor

29
Q

Li Fraumeni

30
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why is myeloma lytic?

A

produces RANKL which activates osteoclasts via RANK

31
Q

most common primary bone malignancy in adults

A

chondrosarcoma

32
Q

[oncogene or tumor suppressor]
growth factors and growth factor receptors

33
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[oncogene or tumor suppressor]
signal-transducing proteins

34
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[oncogene or tumor suppressor]
nuclear regulatory proteins

35
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[oncogene or tumor suppressor]
cell cycle regulators

36
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[oncogene or tumor suppressor]
inhibitors of mitogenic signaling pathways

A

tumor suppressor

37
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[oncogene or tumor suppressor]
inhibitors of cell cycle progession

A

tumor suppressor

38
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[oncogene or tumor suppressor]
inhibitors of pro-growth metabolism and angiogenesis

A

tumor suppressor

39
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[oncogene or tumor suppressor]
inhibitors of invasion and metastasis

A

tumor suppressor

40
Q

[oncogene or tumor suppressor]
enablers of genomic stability

A

tumor suppressor

41
Q

[oncogene or tumor suppressor]
DNA repair factors

A

tumor suppressor

42
Q

DNA repair factors [3]

A

BRCA1
BRCA2
MMR

**tumor suppressors

43
Q

MSH2, MLH1, MSH6

A

Lynch syndrome

44
Q

BRCA1, BRCA2

A

familial breast/ovarian cancer

45
Q

CDH1

A

familial gastric cancer

46
Q

VHL

A

von Hippel-lindau

renal cell carcinoma

47
Q

APC

A

familial colonic polyps and carcinomas

48
Q

PTEN

A

cowden syndrome

49
Q

SMAD2, SMAD4

A

juvenille polyposis

colonic/pancreatic carcinomas

50
Q

RB

A

familial retinoblastoma

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