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Cancer Medicine Flashcards

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Malignant

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Multiply rapidly, invasive and infiltrative, undifferentiated, metastasize

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Benign

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Grow slowly, encapsulated, differentiated, don’t spread

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What are some enviro carcinogens?

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Chemical, radiation, viruses (RNA/DNA), oncogenes (rad/colon cancer,myc/lymphoma, and bcr-abl/ chronic myelogenous leukemia)

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What are some hereditary carcinogens?

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Retinoblastoma, polyposis coli, Wilm’s tumors, Ewig’s sarcomas

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Neoplasm (tumors)

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Growths that arise from normal tissue

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What epithelial carcinomas are found in lung?

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Adenocarcinoma (bronchioloaveolar), large cell, small (oat) cell, squamous cell (epidermoid)

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What epithelial carcinomas are found in reproductive organs?

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Adenocarcinoma of uterus, carcinoma of penis, choriocarcinoma of uterus/testes, cystadenocarcinoma (mucinous/serous) of ovaries, seminoma/embryonal cell carcinoma (testes), squamous cell (epidermoid) carcinoma of vag or cervix

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What epithelial carcinomas found in skin?

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Basal cell, malignant melanoma, squamous cell

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Sarcomas

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Connective tissue origin, 5% of all malignancies

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Where are cystic tumors found?

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Ovarian

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Where are fungating tumors found?

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Colon

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12
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Where are inflammatory tumors found?

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Breast

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Where are medullary tumors found?

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Thyroid/breast

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Where are necrotic tumors found?

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Loss of blood supply

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15
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Where is a polypoid tumor found?

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Colon

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16
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Where is an ulcerating tumor found?

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Stomach

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Verrucous

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Wartlike (gingiva) tumors

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Alveolar

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Tumor cells form patterns resemble small sacs

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Carcinoma in situ

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Localized tumor cells not invaded adjacent structure

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Diffuse

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Spread evenly through affected tissue

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Dysplastic

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Containing abnormal-appearing cells not clearly cancerous

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Epidermoid

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Resembling squamous epithelial cells

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Follicular

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Forming small glandular sacs

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Papillary

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Small finger-like projections of cells

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Pleomorphic

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Composed of variety of cells

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Scirrhous

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Densely packed tumors, due to dense bands of fibrous tissue

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Undifferentiated

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Lacking microscopic structures typical of normal mature cells

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Grade

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Degree of maturity or differentiation under microscope

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Stage

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Extent of spread in the body

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Core needle biopsy

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Small sample from center

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En bloc resection

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Resection of large block of tumor and tissue (breast)

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Excision biopsy

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Removal and biopsy

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Exenteration

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Removal of organ

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Fine needle aspiration biopsy

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Fluid removal from lesion

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Fulguration

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High frequency electrical current

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Incisional biopsy

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Incision into a lesion or a specific part of a lesion

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Brachytherapy

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Electron beams

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Close to patient or implanted

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External beam radiation (teletherapy)

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Beam is far from patient

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Fractionation

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Radiation doses split into intervals

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Gray (Gy)

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Absorbed dose of radiation energy

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Linear accelerator

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Increases the velocity of subatomic particles

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Photon therapy

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The smallest unit of radiation therapy

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Proton therapy

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Uses protons, less damaging to other tissues

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Radiocurable tumor

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Tx may be radiation only

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Radioresistant tumor

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Self explanatory

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Radiosensitive tumor

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Appears to be sensitive to radiation

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Radiosensitizers

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Drugs that make cells more sensitive to radiation

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Simulation

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Use of computer to simulate the cancer scenario and tx

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Stereotactic radiosurgery

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Surgery using radiation to destroy the lesion

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Alopecia

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Fibrosis

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Increase in connective tissue

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Infertility

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Inability to conceive a child

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Mucositis

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Inflammation and ulceration of mucous membranes

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Myelosuppression

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Bone marrow depression

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Secondary tumors

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New types of tumors

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Xerostomia

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Dryness of mouth

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