Heme/Onc Flashcards
Treatment for stage one or stage two non-small cell lung cancer?
Treatment for stage three non-small cell lung cancer?
When do you treat non-small cell lung cancer with chemo?
Surgery
Chemotherapy and radiation
Resected stage II or stage III disease
When do you treat cancer with pembrolizumab?
PD – L1 expression > 50%
When do you treat metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with systemic therapy?
Only if adequate performance status
When are patients with small cell lung cancer eligible for surgery?
Single, small primary tumor is without associated involvement (T1-2 and N0)
Extensive stage small salon cancer is treated with chemotherapy that includes what type of drug?
Platinum containing doublet
HPV related head and neck tumor versus squamous cell carcinoma?
Exclusively within the oropharynx, develop in younger individuals, associated with significantly improved prognosis
Treatment of early stage head and neck cancer consists of?
Surgical resection or definitive radiotherapy (depending on functional outcomes)
Which patients with head and neck cancer treated with primary surgery also require additional therapy?
Therapy is?
Locally advanced cancer
Adjuvant radiation or combined chemotherapy
When is chemotherapy used for head and neck cancer?
Metastatic disease
Primary means of surveillance monitoring for patients with head and neck cancer?
Direct examination by flexible fiberoptic laryngoscopy