Hem Cancer Flashcards
Leukemias are what 2 cell lines?
Myeloid or Leukoyte
kids with leukimia is?
ALL
MC sxs in ALL is?
Fever - assocaited with downs (alzheimers)
ALL sxs in addition to pancytopenia
fever, crowd out bone marrow. lots of blasts.
ALL tx?
Hydroxyurea (like Sickle cell)
chemo, MTX
Auer rods is always AML,
AML sxs?
infections, ginvigal bleeding, >100,000 WBC
AML tx?
Combo chemo - Blasts with chemo
Tumor lysis syndrome is?
Large number of cancer cell in circulation after Combo chemo - IVF, allopurinol
Is CLL more common? (RAI staging)
Yes
Splenomegaly is associated with?
CML
Smudge cells are with?
CLL
CLL tx is?
Fludarabine
CML sxs?
anemia, fatigue, vague - wt lose. recurrant infections.
Philidelphia chrome is
CML, >150,000
BCR -ABL gene is?
CML
reed sternberg cell, Bimodal 20s and 50s
hogdkins lymphoma - Owl eyes
Painless supraclavicular LAD, pain in lymphnodes with EtOH
hogdkins lymphoma
B sxs?
Fever, wt loss, anorexia, night sweats - Ann Arbor system.
Gingival hyperplasia is?
hogdkins lymphoma
hogdkins lymphoma tx?
ABVD - Adrian, Bleo, Vinblast, Dacarba
55 male with painless LAD
Non-hodgkins Lymphoma + B sxs
LDH is a marker of
cancer cells
Non-hodgkins Lymphoma tx?
Chemo and bone marrow transplant.
Malt lymphoma and Burkitts is associated with?
Non-hodgkins Lymphoma