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Bronchial Carcinoma Flashcards

1
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What can recurrent episodes of pneumonia in the same lobe of the lung be a sign of?

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Primary lung cancer

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What happens to the affected lung in lung cancer over time?

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It loses volume and gets smaller as the cancer grows

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When looking at a lung cancer chest x-ray, which lung big or small, is likely to be the diseased one?

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Small

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What is stridor usually accompained by?

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A course aurdible wheeze during inspiration

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Name 6 anatomical places where local invastion of a cancer can occur?

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  1. Recurrent laryngeal nerve
  2. Pericardium
  3. Oesophagus
  4. Bronchial plexus
  5. Pleural cavity
  6. Superior vena cava
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What is a clinical feature of recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy?

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Hoarse voice

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What aspect of lung cancer can lead to atrial fibrilation?

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Local invasion of the pericardium, accompanied by pericardial effusion

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What clinical feature is a pointer for a tumour in the oesophagus?

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Dysphagia

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9
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What is wasting of the small muscles in the hand due to?

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T1 root infiltration by a primary lung cancer in the apex of the lung

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What is a pancoast tumour and what can its local invasoin be?

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Tumour of the pulmonary apex - brachial plexus invasion

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What clinical sign occurs when the primary tumour invades the pleural space?

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Pleural effusion

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What can a symptom of pleural effusion be?

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Breathlessness

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What does local invasion of the SVC obstruct?

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Drainage of blood from arms and head

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What clinical features can local invasion of the SVC obstrucing drainage of blood from arms and head cause?

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Puffy eyelids and headache

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What could distended veins visible on the abdomen and thorax mean?

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Blood flow is bypassing the obstructed SVC by opening up anastomoses with the IVC tributeries

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16
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What invasion can be described by localised chest wall pain, worse with movement and pain which is worse at night?

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Chest wall invasion by lung cancer

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17
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What are 6 common sites for metastases from primary lung cancer?

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  1. Liver
  2. Brain
  3. Bone
  4. Adrenal
  5. Skin
  6. Lung
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What metastases has insidious onset, can lead to weakness, visual disturbance, headaches and is worse in the morning, not photophobic?

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Cerebral metastases

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What is the headache due to in cerebral metastases?

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Increased intracranial pressure

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If a cerebral metastases involves the cortex, what could the presenting feature be?

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Epileptic fit

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21
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With liver metastases - what can be said about the LFVTs?

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Abnormal, particularly alkaline phophatase

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What are two clinical features of bone metastases?

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  1. Localised pain which is worse at night

2. Pathalogical fracture - bone may fracture follwoin a trivial mechanical stress

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23
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What investigation can be used to investigate bone metastases?

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Isotope bone scan

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24
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What 7 cloinical features are a result of a primary tumour but dont indicate metastatic disease?

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  1. Finger clubbing
  2. Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (HPOA)
  3. Weight loss
  4. Thrombophlebitis
  5. Hypercalcaemia
  6. Hyponatraemia (SIADH)
  7. Weakness - Eaton Lambert syndrome
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25
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Give 4 features of hypercalcaemia?

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Headaches
Confusion
Thirst
Constipation

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26
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What can hypercalcaemia result from?

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Tumour producing a substance which mimics the effects of parathyroid hormone

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What can hyponatraemia result from?

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Production of a substance which mimics Anti-Diuretic-Hormone

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What is the main symptom of Hypoatraemia?

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Confusion

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29
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What does Eaton Lambert Syndrome mimic?

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Myaesthenia gravis

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30
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What clinical feature do these diseases all have in common: liver disease, chronic hepatitis C, congenital cyanotic heart disease, bacterial endocarditis, bronchioectasis?

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Finger clubbing

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31
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What clinical featrue can elevation of the periosteum away from bone surface result in?

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Symptoms of pain and tenderness of the long bones near the adjacent joints

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32
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What investigation would you not do for lung cancer?

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Sputum cytology

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33
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What 4 radiological investigations might you do for lung cancer?

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CXR
CT scan of thorax
PET scan
Endobronchial ultrasound

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34
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What is another invasive investigation you might do for lung cancer?

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Bronchoscopy

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35
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What 4 non-invasive tests might you do to investigate lung cancer?

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FBC
Coagulation screen
Na, K, Ca, Alk Phos
Spirometry FEV1

36
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What are the 4 common ways to make a tissue diagnosis of lung cancer?

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  1. Bronchoscopy
  2. CT guided biopsy
  3. Lymph node aspirate
  4. Aspiration of pleural fluid
37
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What does endobronchial ultrasound enable visualisation of?

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Hilar and mediastinal structures

38
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Name 6 differential diagnosis other than lung cancer for a patient presenting with Smoking, haemoptysis and abnormal CXR?

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  1. TB
  2. Vasculitis
  3. PE
  4. Secondary cancer
  5. Lymphoma
  6. Bronchiectasis
39
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Name a clinical feature that is direct consequence of the primary tumour?

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Haemoptysis

40
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What are smoking, asbestosis, nickel, chromates, radiation, atmospheric pollution and genetics all risk factors for?

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Lung cancer

41
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Give two examples of ectopic hormone production in lung cancer?

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PTH (SQUAMOUS CANCER)

ACTH (SMALL CELL CANCER)

42
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Name the 4 common smoking-associated types of lung tumours?

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  1. Adenocarcinoma (35%)
  2. Squamous carcinoma (30%)
  3. Small cell carcinoma (25%)
  4. Large cell carcinoma (10%)
43
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What is the most common lung tumour?

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Adenocarcinoma

44
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Other than smoking-associated types of tumour, what are the other two classifications?

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Neuroendocrine tumours

Bronchial gland tumours

45
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What process does squamous carcinoma do?

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Keratinising

46
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What process does adenocarcinoma do?

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Gland forming

47
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What is expressed most characteristically in small cell and adenocarcinoma?

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TTF-1 (Thyroid Transcription Factor)

48
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What is expressed in squamous cell carcinoma?

49
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What type of tumour has the worst survivial time?

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Small cell

50
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What type of cancer tumour, other than small cell, is worse than squamous or adenocarcinoma?

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Large cell

51
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Which lung tumour type is known to be chemosensitive but with rapidly emerging resistance?

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Small cell

52
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What is the treatment of choice for lung tumours, other than small cell?

53
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What is the most simple classification of lung cancer?

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Small cell lung cancer

Non-small cell lung cancer

54
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In small cell lung cancer, name the potential oncogene therapeutic target?

55
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In small cell lung cancer, name the three potential tumour suppressor genes for therapeutic targeting?

56
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In non-small cell lung cancer, name the 3 oncogene potential therapeutic targets?

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myc
K-ras
EGFR

57
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In non-small cell lung cancer, name the 6 potential therapeutic targets (tumour suppressor genes)?

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p53
1q
3p
9p
11p
Rb
58
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Most adenocarcinomas are smoking related and often show what?

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K-ras mutation + wild-type EGFR

59
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Name a tyrosine kinase inhibitor which shows activity in some NSCLC patients?

60
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What type of tumours are sensitive?

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Adenocarcinomas

61
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Tumours with what present are the only ones that respond?

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Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)

62
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What is essential to do before prescribing treatment for lung cancer?

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Molecular testing of tumour tissue

63
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What are 4 features of bronchial (large airway) tumours?

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  1. Squamous metaplasia
  2. Dysplasia
  3. Carcinoma in situ
  4. Invasive malignancy
64
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What two features do peripheral adenocarcinomas have?

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  1. Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia

2. Spread of neoplastic cells along alveolar walls (bronchioloalveolar carcinoma)

65
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What are two prognostic indicators in lung cancer?

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Tumour stage

Tumour histological subtype

66
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What are carcinoid lung neoplasms?

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Neuroendocrine neoplasms of low grade malignancy

67
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Where are bronchial gland neoplasms often seen?

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In salivary glands

68
Q

Name two bronchial gland neoplasms?

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Adenoid cystic carcinoma

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

69
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What is the median survival for lung cancer?

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5.8 months

70
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What type of lung cancer is a rapidly progressive disease, early metastases and is rarely suitable for surgery but has a good initial response to chemotherapy?

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Small cell

71
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What two types of tumours are included in the non-small cell catagory?

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Squamous and adenocarcinomas

72
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What type of lung cancer is sometimes cured by surgery or radical radiotherapy, and less responsive to chemotherapy - as well as accounting for the majority of lung cancer?

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Non-small cell

73
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What is the median survival for non-small cell cancer?

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7.7 months

74
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What is the median survivial for small cell cancer?

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5.9 months

75
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What are the 4 treatment choices for lung cancer?

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Surgery
Rdiotherapy
Chemotherapy
Palliative care

76
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When staging for surgery, what 3 things is the surgeon looking for with bronchoscopy?

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  1. Vocal cord palsy
  2. Proximety to carina
  3. Cell type
77
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When staging for surgery - what is the surgeon looking for with a mediastinoscopy?

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Lymph nodes

78
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When staging for surgery, what is the surgeon looking for with a CT scan of the brain?

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Metastases

79
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When staging for surgery, what is the surgeon looking for with a CT scan of thorax?

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Tumour size
Lymph nodes
Metastases
Local invasion

80
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What are the two types of surgery for lung cancer?

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Pneumonectomy or lobectomy

81
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What does cytotoxic chemotherapy have a better response in?

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Small cell lung cancer

82
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How often are IV infusions needed when performing cytotoxic chemotherapy?

83
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What are 4 side effects of chemotherapy?

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Nausea and vomiting
Tiredness
Bone marrow suppression - opportunistic infection, anaemia
Hair loss
Pulmonary fibrosis
84
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What kind of therapy involves ionising radiation?

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Radiotherapy

85
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What are 3 disadvangtages relating to radiotherapy?

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  1. Maximum cumulative dose
  2. Collateral damage - spinal cord, oesophagus, adjacent lung tissue
  3. Only goes where you put the beam
86
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Name 4 endobronchial palliative therapies?

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  1. Stend insertion for stridor
  2. Photodynamic therapy
  3. Other laser therapy
  4. Radioactive pellets

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