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Bloc E - GI & Metabolism > Feb27 M1-Colorectal Cancer Screening > Flashcards

Feb27 M1-Colorectal Cancer Screening Flashcards

1
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dx test vs screen

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screen = just to check

dx test = suspect disease

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signs and symptoms in colorectal cancer

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  • bowel habit changes
  • bleeding (BRBPR)
  • abd pain, bloating
  • incomplete evacuation
  • weight loss (cancer cachexia)
  • fatigue (anemia, liver metastases)
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(IMPORTANT) big 3 cancers in adults

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lung, breast, colorectal

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(IMPORTANT) how cancer incidence differs in age groups

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adults 30+: the big 3

youth: different cancers have the higher incidences (CNS AND LEUKEMIA in youth)

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how incidence and prevalence of CRC (colorectal cancer) changing

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worlwide: increasing incidence
Canada: decreasing incidence
Increasing prevalence

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normal seq of CRC dev

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normal - proliferative epithelium - adenoma - carcinoma

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how CRC develops

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series of genetic alterations over 7-10 yrs: FIRST HEAT IS APC (adenomatous polyposis coli gene)

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order of genetic hits in CRC

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APC (get proliferative epithelium), 18q deletion, TP53 = CA

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2 hereditary CRC

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FAP (familial. no APC). 
Lynch syndrome (germline mutation in mismatch repair genes)
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2 pathways to CRC

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  • chromosomal instability (sporadic)

- microsatellite unstability (mismatch repair genes)

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MMR genes problems (micro sat unstability): CRC is where + often related to what

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  • right side CRC

- linked with hereditary non polyposis colon cancer (HNPCC)

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non modif risk factors in CRC

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age, ethnic background (ashkenazi jews and african americans), genetics (heredity)

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modif risk factors in CRC

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  • diet
  • phys activity
  • meds
  • other conditions (diabetes, obesity)
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what age CRC risk rises a lot and consequence

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50 yrs old. so gvt screening starts at 50

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diet factors in CRC

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  • red meat (iron, N-nitroso compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, heterocyclic amines, heme)
  • fruits may help (antioxidants: indoles, carotene)
  • dietary fiber: less ADENOMA (should help for less CA in theory)
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micronutrients in CRC

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Ca, vit D and dairy helps

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diet types in CRC

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  • alcohol bad
  • medit diet good
  • prudent diet good (poultry, fish, fruits)
18
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meds in CRC

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aspirin and NSAIDS reduce CRC risk

19
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obesity, exercise in CRC

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  • obesity = higher risk
  • exercise = less risk
  • estrogens (women) decrease risk
20
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fecal occult blood test (FOBT) at home (3x over 7 days): benefit

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15-33% reduction in CRC mortality

21
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overt vs obscure vs occult bleeding

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overt = see blood
obscure = see blod but don't know where it's from
occult = only seen on test (not with eyes)
22
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importnt thing in FOBT

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helps even more to reduce mortality if done every year instead of every 2 years (age 50 to 74)

23
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(IMPORTANT) DX TEST done if FOBT is positive

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FULL OPTICAL COLONOSCOPY

24
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how FOBT helps

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indirectly leads us to go and find the polyp and remove it

25
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better version of FOBT

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fetal IHC test (FIT test): more SENSITIVE. no diet restriction.
DISTAL GI blood

26
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(IMPORTANT) DX test if FIT test is positive

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FULL OPTICAL COLONOSCOPY

27
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NNT of FIT test

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  1. is a good number
28
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to remember in FIT test and FOBT

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bleeding may have other cause than CRC (polyp)

29
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radiological tests for CRC screening + in who

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  1. barium enema (double contrast): look for apple core lesion
  2. virtual colonography: CT scan reconstruct inside of colon
    FOR NORMAL ASYMPTOMATIC person
30
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(IMPORTANT) DX test if radiological screening for CRC is positive

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FULL OPTICAL COLONOSCOPY

31
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barium enema problems

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not best test for sensitivity + not proven to help for CRC mortality

32
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virtual colonoscopy problem

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need bowel prep + insufflate air with no sedation, very uncomfortable for pt

33
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optical tests for CRC + important principle

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-flexible sigmoidoscopy
-colonoscopy
REDUCE MORTALITY 50%

34
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(EXAM) 6 screening recommendations)

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  1. high sens FOBT or FIT ANNUALLY
  2. flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years + FOBT or FIT annually
  3. double contrast barium enema every 5 years
  4. CT colonography every 5 years (air thing)
  5. colonoscopy every 10 yrs
  6. fecal DNA testing
35
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(EXAM) preferred strategy for screening

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colonoscopy every 10 years

36
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(EXAM) screening for CRC in Quebec

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annual FIT

37
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(EXAM) BLOOD in stool or Lynch patients: screening recommendations

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annual colonoscopy

38
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(EXAM) why annual FIT test if choose flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years

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to not miss right sided cancers and polyps. (sigmoidoscopy covers left side, sigmoid and rectum)

39
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(EXAM) where most CRC cancers occur

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left side, sigmoid colon and rectum

40
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(EXAM) normal mucosa to cancer time

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7-10 years

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