Cancer Flashcards
1
Q
Treatment of early oesophageal cancer
A
Surgical resection
2
Q
Most common type of oesophageal cancer and most common type if long history of GORD or Barrett’s oesophagus
A
Adenocarcinoma
Normally SCC
3
Q
Which type of lung cancer causes gynaecomastia
A
Adenocarcinoma
4
Q
How to interpret blood results to discern between the types of leukaemia
A
Look at lymphocytes- if low then it is myeloid leukaemia (acute or chronic)
Then looks at WBC- if really high then chronic
And then bands would confirm chronic, blasts would confirm acute
5
Q
Painful lump in neck when you drink alcohol
A
Very specific for Hodgkin’s lymphoma
6
Q
Starry sky on nodal biopsy
A
Non-Hodgkins lymphoma
