Cancers to Know Flashcards
1
Q
*** Skin
A
** Basal cell carcinoma
2
Q
Deep soft tissue/vascular
A
Sarcoma
3
Q
Bone
A
Osteosarcoma
most common in kids= Rhabdomyosarcoma
4
Q
Brain
A
Glioblastoma
5
Q
Pituitary/pineal
A
Carcinoma
6
Q
*** Oral Cavity, head and neck
A
*** Squamous cell Carcinoma
7
Q
Salivary glands
A
Carcinoma
8
Q
Thyroid
A
Carcinoma
9
Q
Parathyroids
A
Carcinoma
10
Q
Thymus
A
Carcinoma
11
Q
** Lung
A
** Adenocarcinoma
12
Q
Heart
A
Sarcoma
13
Q
Esophagus
A
Squamous cell carcinoma (But if Barret’s espophagus = Adenocarcinoma)
14
Q
Gall bladder
A
Adenocarcinoma
15
Q
Spleen
A
Hemangiosarcoma?? NONE for cancer!
16
Q
Regional lymph nodes
A
Lymphoma
17
Q
Bone marrow/circulation
A
Leukemia
18
Q
Pancreas, exocrine
A
Adenocarcinoma
19
Q
Pancreas, endocrine
A
Gastrinoma?? (probs also Adenocarcinoma)
20
Q
Stomach
A
Adenocarcinoma
21
Q
Small bowel
A
Adenocarcinoma
22
Q
*** Large bowel
A
** Adenocarcinoma
23
Q
Adrenals
A
Adenocarcinoma
24
Q
Kidney
A
Adenocarcinoma
25
*** Bladder
Carcinoma ** (transitional cell cancer)
26
Testes
Lymphoma?. GERM CELL TUMORS (seminomas, ...many types)
27
Penis
Carcinoma
28
*** Prostate
*** Adenocarcinoma
29
*** Breast
** Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (same thing as Adenocarcinoma)
30
Ovaries
Adenocarcinoma
31
Female adnexa and uterus region, (including cervix)
Carcinoma?
32
Liver
Hepatocellular carcinoma
33
Cervix
squamous cell carcinoma
34
Endometrium
Adenocarcinoma
