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Hi-Yield Flashcards

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Suppresses the appetite center

Decrease beta-oxidation of fatty acids for fuel

A

TNF-alpha

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Irreversible catabolic reaction (wasting syndrome)

Increased in TNF-alpha

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Cachexia

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Distant effects of a tumor unrelated to metastasis

May involve ectopic secretion of hormone

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Paraneoplastic Syndrome

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State the underlying cancer for each syndrome:

  1. Lambert-Eaton Myasthenia
  2. Acanthosis nigricans
  3. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (clubbing)
  4. Trousseau Syndrome
  5. Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis
  6. Red Cell Aplasia
  7. Nephrotic Syndrome
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  1. Lung carcinoma
  2. Visceral Malignancies
  3. Lung Ca
  4. Pancreatic Ca
  5. Colon Ca
  6. Thymoma
  7. Hodgkin’s Lymphoma / Lung Ca
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Tumor marker for:

Prostate Cancer

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PSA, Prostate Acid Phosphatase

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Tumor marker for:
Colorectal and Pancreatic Cancer
Gastric Ca and Breast CA

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CEA

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Tumor marker for:
Hepatocellular CA
Non-seminomatous GCT (yolk sac)

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AFP

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Tumor marker for:
Hydatidiform mole
Choriocarcinoma
Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor

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beta-HCG

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Ovarian, Malignant Epithelial Tumors

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CA-125

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Tumor marker for:

Melanoma, Neural Tumors, Astrocytoma

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S-100

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Metastases to bone, Obstructive biliary disease, Paget Disease of the bone

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Alkaline Phosphatase

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Tumor marker for:

Neuroblastoma, Lung and Gastric CA

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Bombesin

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Tumor marker for:

Hairy Cell Leukemia (B-Cell Neoplasm)

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TRAP

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Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

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CA-19-9

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Chemotherapy causes release of break-down products of dying cancer cells

Multiple electrolyte abnormalities:
Hyperkalemia
Hyperphosphatemia
Hyperuricemia
HYPOcalcemia
A

Tumor Lysis Syndrome

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List the order of origin that metastasize to the brain

A 
Lung
Breast
Skin (melanoma)
Kidney
Gastrointestinal
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List in order of origin cancer that metastasizes to the liver

A 
Colon
Stomach
Pancreas
Breast
Lung
17
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List in order of origin cancer that metastasizes to the bone

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Prostate (Osteoblastic)
Thyroid (follicular)
Testes
Breast (lytic and blastic)
Lung (lytic)
Kidney
18
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Where is ADH and Oxytocin produced?

A 
(SAPOx)
Supraoptic Nucleus
ADH
Paraventricular Nucleus
Oxytocin
19
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MEN-I

Wermer Syndrome

A

Parathyroid Adenoma / Hyperplasia
Pancreatic tumor
Pitiutary Tumor

20
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MEN-2A (Sipple Syndrome)

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Pheochromocytoma
Medullary Carcinoma
Parathyroid Hyperplasia

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MEN-2B

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Pheochromocytoma
Medullary Carcinoma
Neuroma / Ganglioneuroma

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