Intro to Medical Oncology Flashcards
1
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fine needle aspiration is good for
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- carcinomas
2
Q
excisional biopsy definition
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- surgical procedure that removes the entire suspected area
3
Q
excisional biopsy good for
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- melanoma treatment/diagnosis
- lymphoma diagnosis
4
Q
6 hallmarks of cancer
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- sustaining proliferative signaling
- evading growth suppressors
- activating invasion and metastasis
- enabling replicative immortality
- inducing angiogenesis
- resisting cell death
5
Q
4 additional hallmarks of cancer
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- deregulating cellular energetics
- avoiding immune detection
- tumor promoting inflammation
- genome instability and mutation
6
Q
nonspecific chemotherapy may be more effective given as
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- a bolus dose
7
Q
toxic effects of nonspecific chemotherapy expressed during
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- any attempt at cell division
8
Q
cell cycle specific chemotherapy effect exerted when
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- dividing cells only
9
Q
administration of cell cycle specific chemotherapy
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- continuous infusion
- multiple divided doses
10
Q
examples of nonspecific chemotherapeutic agents
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- alkylating agents
- anthracyclines
- platinum agents
11
Q
examples of cell cycle specific chemotherapeutic agents
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- antimetabolites
- vincas
- taxanes
- topoisomerase inhibitors
12
Q
primary treatment; intended to cure is
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- definitive
13
Q
treatment given to relieve symptoms and reduce suffering is
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- palliative
14
Q
therapy given after a cancer has not responded to other treatments is
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- salvage
15
Q
therapy given prior to the primary therapy is
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- neoadjuvant
