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Cancer Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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pancreatic

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  • markers: CA 19-9 and CEA (carcinoembryologic antigen)
  • Trousseau’s Sign (migratory thrombophlebitis)
  • Courvasier’s Sign (enlarged, non-painful gallblader) for head of pancreas tumors
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hepatocellular carcinoma

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-markers: alpha-fetoprotein

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colorectal

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-markers: CEA

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papillary carcinoma of the thyroid

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  • most common thyroid carcinoma (80%), best prognosis
  • orphan annie (ground glass) (optically clear) nuceli
  • psammoma bodies (calcified spherical bodies)
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pineoblastoma

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  • mass found on MRI w/contrast
  • excessive melatonin production
  • vivid dreams
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