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Cancer treatment Flashcards

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What is the ideal form of cancer treatment?

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One that removes all cancer cells without killing healthy cells

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What would be a typical treatment for a localised cancer?

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Surgical removal & chemotherapy/radiotherapy to kill off residual cancer

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What is the basic principle behind cancer treatment?

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Kill cancer cells & prevent further growth of tumour

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Why is surgery the optimum treatment?

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Maximum efficiency on cancer cells minimum efficiency on healthy cells

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What solutions cannot be treated by surgery?

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Leukaemia & solid cancers metastised to inaccessible are of bone & brain

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What is a cytostatic effect?

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Prevent cell proliferation - stop growth but not eliminate it

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What is a cytotoxic effect?

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Killing of cancer cells - can cure patients

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Is chemotherapy specific or broad spectrum?

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Broad spectrum

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What processes do chemotherapy affect?

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DNA synthesis & cell proliferation

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How do specific chemotherapy drugs target cells?

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Based off differentiation properties - treat prostate & breast cancer

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Is hormone therapy specific?

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Yes affects hormone controlled cancer e.g. breast, ovarian, penal, prostate

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What affect does x-rays have on cells?

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DNA is irreversibly damaged by ionising radiation - radiotherapy

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How can cytotoxic drugs be targeted to specific cells?

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Can be attached to antibodies that target proteins on cancer cells

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What benefit do angiogenic drugs have?

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Prevent metastatic growth - metastasis involves processes such as angiogenesis - these drugs prevent this process

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What is prognosis?

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Likely future behavior & outcome for patient

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What are prognostic factors?

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Tumour size, tumour spread, specific biochemical markers, tumour markers in tissue/blood

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What is remission?

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Decline in cancer size as a result of treatment

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What is relapse?

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Reappearance of a cancer

19
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What can reduce cancer deaths?

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~Screening programmes - cervical, breast, colon
~Vaccination - HPV for cervical cancer

20
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What is complete response to cancer treatment?

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When a cancer disappears completely

21
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What is partial response to cancer treatment?

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Partially removed / some remains

22
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What is no change as a result of cancer treatment?

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Remains static

23
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What is progressive disease in terms of cancer treatment?

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Continues to grow

24
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What is the difference between the stage and grade of a cancer?

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Stage - tumour size & degree of spread
Grade - cellular characteristics

25
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How is staging of cancers done?

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TNM system
1.Tumour size
2. Spread to lymph nodes
3. Metastasis to distant sites
4 stages

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How is grading determined?

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Low grade - histological resemblance to tissue of origin
High grade - only marginally resembles tissue
Based off mitotic rate & irregularities in nuclear shape , and if cellular architecture resembles tissue of origin

27
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Does early detection affect treatment prognosis?

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Cancer detected - developing for long time -1cm tumour - 3 /4 of its lifespan
Increased time = increased cellular change - earlier = better response to treatment

28
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How does surgery work for cancer treatment?

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Surgical removal - some remain - debulking makes drug & ionising radiation treatment more successful -

29
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What is radiotherapy?

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X-rays damage DNA & kill cancer cells - differ in sensitivity e.g. radiation that kills thyroid cells 4x more than kills bone cells - finely focused and given over several weeks to avoid death of healthy cells

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What is chemotherapy?

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Drugs that block proliferation - most effective against rapidly dividing cells - conc. of drugs & duration of exposure resulting in effectiveness - side effects on healthy tissue minimised by using combinations of drugs and varying toxicities - mutagens - 10x risk of developing leukaemia

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What is primary chemotherapy?

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First line of treatment for local disease

32
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What is adjuvant chemotherapy?

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Used in addition with surgery - post mastectomy for breast cancer

33
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What are 3 types of chemotherapeutic drugs?

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Alkylating, antimetabolites, & natural products

34
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What are alkylating agents & give an example?

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Alkylate DNA - transfer alkyl group from one molecule to another - cyclophosphamide affects DNA synthesis treat breast, leukaemia

35
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What are antimetabolities and give an example?

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They antagonise metabolites needed for DNA synthesis - methotrexate affects dihydrofolate reductase treat breast, placenta

36
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What are natural product chemotherapeutic drugs?

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From plant & fungi - doxorubicin affects DNA & RNA synthesis affect lung, breast, & leukaemia

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What are the side affects of chemotherapy?

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~Haemopoietic cells affected - anaemia, thrombocytopenia, neutropenia
~Destruction of immune cells
~Loss of hair follicles (rapidly dividing)
~Nausea & vomiting - (use anti-emetic drugs to treat)

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What is hormone therapy?

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Medicines to block or lower the amount of certain hormones - stop/slow down cancer - (prostate & breast require steroid hormone for growth) - responsive cells contain specific receptors for hormones, unaffected by hormone antagonist - prevents excess steroid synthesis blocking affect of target cell via receptor machinery - tamoxifen in breast cancer & anti-androgens in prostate cancer

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What is immunotherapy?

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Use or manipulate immune system to facilitate attack & lyse tumour cells

40
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What are tyrosine kinase inhibitors?

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Interfere with enzymes & proteins involved in cell signaling pathways controlling cell proliferation

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What are monoclonal antibodies?

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e.g. Herceptin - targets Her 2 proteins/receptors on cancer cells - interferes with cell signaling pathway & slow cell proliferation

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What is gene therapy?

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Gene inserted - down regulate growth promoting product

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What is CAR-T cell therapy?

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Combination of cell therapy, gene therapy, immunotherapy - T cells genetically manipulated - target antigens on cancer cells

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