Cancer III Lecture Flashcards by Matt Stanton

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paraneoplastic syndromes

A

neoplasm itself elaborating a hormone

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hypercalcemia

A

with squamous cell carcinoma of lung

PTHRP

paraneoplastic

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cushings

A

small cell carcinoma of lung

ACTH

paraneoplastic

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NBTE

A

nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis

hypercoagulability
-mucinous adenocarcinomas

paraneoplastic

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leukemia and lymphoma diagnosis

A

flow cytometry

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molecular diagnosis

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diagnosis and prognosis

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pap smear

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should get transition zone

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multiple myeloma

A

IgG-kappa

in elderly

neoplasia of plasma cells

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tumor markers

A

not definitive diagnosis of cancer

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AFP

A

oncofetal

hepatocellular carcinoma
germ cell tumors (yolk sac)

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CEA

A

oncofetal

addenocarcinoma

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CA-125

A

recurrent check in ovarian carcinoma

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beta-hCG

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from syncytiotrophoblasts

male - choriocarcinoma

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CA 19-9

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pancreatic carcinoma

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BRCA1, BRCA2

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associated with predisposition to breast cancers

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CA 15-3

A

breast carcinoma

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CA 72-4

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gastric carcinoma

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HER2/neu

A

breast carcinoma

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alkaline phosphatase

A

osteosarcomas

young have high alkaline phosphatase with bony growth phase
slows in late teens early twenties

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TdT and beta-2 microglobulin

A

hematologic malignancy markers

TdT - primitive B cells

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SCC

A

keratin marker

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c-myc

A

burkitt lymphoma