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Endocrine Cancer Flashcards

1
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What are the two types of differentiated thyroid carcinoma?

A

Papillary and follicular

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What is the standard of care treatment algorithm for localized differentiated thyroid cancer?

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Surgery followed by RaI, then levothyroxine (TSH suppression)

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What is the cell of origin for medullary thyroid carcinoma?

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Parafollicular C cells of thyroid, that produce calcitonin

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What is the clinical syndrome of MEN 2A

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Medullary thyroid carcinoma (>95%)
Parathyroid hyperplasia (20%)
Pheochromocytoma (50%)

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What is the clinical syndrome of MEN 2B

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Medullary thyroid carcinoma (100%)
Mucosal neuromas (GI ganglioneuromas >98%)
Pheochromocytoma (50%)

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What is the gene involved in MEN2A and MEN2B?

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RET

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What are the two most common mutations seen in sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma?

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RET
RAS (HRAS, then KRAS, then NRAS)

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You see a patient with MEN2 prior to development of any malignancy. What do you do?

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Rule out pheochromocytoma with labs or imaging, then do prophylactic thyroidectomy

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In a patient with medullary thyroid carcinoma, what clinical features puts them at high risk for residual disease after surgery?

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LN+ (90% have residual disease vs 38% in LN-)

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In medullary thyroid carcinoma, what is a clue that there is residual disease after surgery?

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Persistently high calcitonin levels

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What is a useful tumor marker for differentiated thyroid cancer?

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Thyroglobulin
Makes sure you have reflex to TgAb because that can interfere with ability to measure thyroglobulin

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You see a patient with metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer. They have a low thyroglobulin. What should you suspect?

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Poor differentiation and aggressive behavior

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13
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What are useful tumor markers in MTC? (2)

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Calcitonin
CEA

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What does a low Calcitonin:CEA ratio mean?

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Poor differentiation, aggressive

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What does a high calcitonin:CEA ratio suggest?

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Well differentiated disease

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16
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What are two treatment options for advanced differentiated thyroid carcinoma?

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Sorafenib and lenvatinib (preferred)

17
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What are two treatment options for 1st line advanced MTC?

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Vandetanib
Cabozantinib

18
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What is the only FDA approved treatment for 2nd line advanced differentiated thyroid cancer?

A

Cabozantinib

19
Q

Treatment for advanced anaplastic thyroid carcinoma with BRAF mutation?

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Dabrafenib + Trametinib

20
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Treatment for advanced papillary thyroid carcinoma with BRAFV600E mutation

A

Dabrafenib + trametinib

21
Q

Indications for dabrafenib + trametinib in thyroid cancer

A

Advanced anaplastic
Advanced papillary

22
Q

2 Treatment options for RET mutated/fusion advanced thyroid cancer?

A

Selpercatinib
Pralsetinib

23
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Treatment for advanced thyroid carcinoma with NTRK fusions (2 options)

A

Larotrectinib
Entrectinib

24
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What is the difference in treatment of localized differentiated thyroid carcinoma vs medullary or anaplastic?

A

Medullary or anaplastic doesn’t need RAI

25
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6 indications for total thyroidectomy in differentiated thyroid cancer?

A

prior radiation (2B)
Extrathyroid extension
poorly diff
lateral cervical LN mets or gross central neck LN
Tumor >4 cm
Known distant mets

26
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RAI should not be offered to people with differentiated thyroid carcinoma who meet what 6 criteria?

A

Classic papillary
small tumor <2 cm
No extrathyroid extension
No detectable Tg antibodies
Postoperative thyroglobulin <1 ng/mL
negative postoperative US, if done

27
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Indications for adjuvant RAI in differentiated thyroid cancer? 1 of 7

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N1b disease
extrathyroid extension
Tumor >4 cm
Postoperative thyroglobulin >10
>5 LNs
Vascular invasion
Known or suspected distant mets at presentation

28
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preferred management of locoregional recurrence of MTC?

A

Surgery

29
Q

For patients with carcinoid tumors of the appendix, what dictates how large of a surgery they get?

A

Tumors >2 cm (or those with incomplete resection or LN+), they should get scans for metastatic disease. If no mets, then they need a R hemicolectomy.

Tumors <=2 cm, then appendectomy

30
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Clinical features of MEN1

A

Hyperparathyroidism
Pancreatic NET (glucagonoma, insulinoma, VIPoma, gastrinoma)

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