GI Neoplasia I Flashcards

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Risk factors associated with squamous cell carcinoma?

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  • Alcohol
  • Smoking
  • Urban and lower socioeconomic populations
  • other things that cause chronic esophageal irritation
  • Rare predisposing conditions such as Tylosis, Plummer-Vinson, HPV infection (rising in frequency)
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Risk factors associated with adenocarcinoma?

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  • Barrett’s Esophagus
  • GERD
  • Truncal Obesity
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Symptoms of esophageal carcinoma

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Due to narrowing or ulceration of esophagus

  • dysphagia
  • wt loss
  • odynophagia (painful swallowing)
  • Aspiration- food backs up in esophagus…may also cause tracheo-esophageal fistula
  • Anemia- blood loss
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Dysphagia in pt over the age of 50

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think about cancer

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Dx of esophageal cancer

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barium x ray

- endoscopy allows biopsy

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Staging of esophageal cancer

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CT of chest

  • endoscopic ultrasound can help gauge how far into the wall of the esophagus the cancer has gone
  • Decreased survival if lymph node mets are present
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Curative treatment?

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Surgery if they qualify (many do not)

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Hyperplastic gastric polyps

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Seen with chronic inflammation, H. Pylori, atrophic gastritis

  • usually asx but they may cause microscopic bleeding if they are large
  • remove if over 1 cm
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Most common type of gastric polyp?

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Hyperplastic gastric polyp

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Fundic fastric polyps most often associated with what?

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Chronic PPI use, though they may be sporadic

Remove if over 1 cm….rarely predispose to cancer

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Adenomatous gastric polyps most commonly where?

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Antrum

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Adenomatous gastric polyps are precursos lesions to

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some gastric cancers….risk of cancer increases with size, villous lesions, high grade dysplasia

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What causes chronic atrophic gastritis?

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H. Pylori

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Risk factors for gastric cancer?

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  • Chronic atrophic Gastritis
  • Pernicious Anemia
  • Prior Gastric Surgery
  • High dietary nitrates
  • Adenomatous gastric polyps
  • H. Pylori (inc risk 3-6 times)
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Explain how an H. Pylori infxn may lead to cancer

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H. Pylori infection–> Gastritis –> Atrophic Gastritis (no acid) –> high bacterial growth –> high bacterial enzymes like Nitrate reductase…this can lead to nitrates being turned into nitrites which leads to mutation

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16
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25% of gastric neoplasms are

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Gastric Lymphoma

17
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Most common symptoms in gastric cancer?

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Weight loss
Abdominal Pain
Nausea

18
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Where might gastric cancer metastasize to?

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Liver, peritoneum, distal lymph node

19
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Virchow’s node is what?

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Left- supraclavicular node…metastatic gastric cancer

20
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Sister Mary Joseph Node is what>

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Periumbilical node…metastatic gastric cancer

21
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Linitis Plastica

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  • Aggressive diffuse gastric cancer
  • 5% of gastric cancers
  • Gastric wall is infiltrated by malignancy
  • Results in rigid thickened stomach
  • Bad
22
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Gastric cancer tx

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Surgery is the only potential cure and it rarely works

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What makes a malignant tumor malignant

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Invasion or Metastasis

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What point mutation is common in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus?

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What mutation is present early in adenocarcinoma of the esophagus?
p53
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What other genetic mutations occur in adenocarcinoma of the esophagus>
- allelic loss or hypermethylation of P16/INK4a - Mutation of retinoblastoma tumor suppressor - Amplification of cERB-B2, cyclin D1, Cyclin E
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Intestinal type gastric adenocarcinoma characterized by what type of appearance?
Large irregular ulcer with heaped up margins and commonly involves the lesser curvature of teh stomach
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Diffuse type gastric adenocarcinoma commonly appears like what?
Thickening of the stomach wall, linitis plastica
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Signet ring cells seen in what type
Diffuse
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Alcohol and tobacco lead to what type of cancer of the esophagus
squamous cell