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what is neoplasia?

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● An autonomous proliferation of cells

● Loss of normal growth control

● Tumour: literally any swelling

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what does benign mean?

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No local invasion; no metastasis

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what does malignant mean?

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Local invasion and metastasis

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what is hypertrophy?

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enlargement in individual cell size

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what is hyperplasia?

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increase in number of cells

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what is metaplasia?

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replacement of mature tissue types/change from one type to another

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what is dysplasia?

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abnormality indicating precursor change of malignancy

cell types not where they’re supposed to be

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what is anaplasia?

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failure to differentiate

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how do malignant tumours behave?

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  • invasion
  • metastasis
  • angiogenesis
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what is invasion?

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  • invades adjacent structures

- destroys normal tissue

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what is metastasis?

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spread to distant sites/forms new tumours in new areas

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what can cause a tumour to undergo invasion?

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➢ Increased motility [from solid tissue to a mesenchymal]
➢ Decreased adhesion [lose tissue component]
➢ Production of proteolytic enzymes [to lose the fixed components keeping them in place]
➢ Mechanical pressure [can also cause local invasion]

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what are the adhesion molecules that attach cell to cell?

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cadherins

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what are the adhesion molecules that attach cell to extracellular matrix?

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integrins

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what would happen if a mutation of e-cadherins was to occur?

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loss of cell-cell adhesion and contact inhibition

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what would happen if changes in integrin expression was to occur?

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lead to decreased cell-matrix adhesion (cell would be mobile)

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In cancer epithelial cells gain mesenchymal properties, what does this mean?

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they can become loosely connected, able to migrate

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which enzyme degrades collagen type I, II, III?

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interstitial collagenases

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which enzyme degrades collagen type IV and gelatin?

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gelatinases

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which enzyme degrades collagen type IV and proteoglycans?

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stomolysins

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collagen type I is the main component of what?

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skin

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collagen type II is the main component of what?

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hyaline and cartilage

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collagen type III is the main component of what?

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bone

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collagen type IV is the main component of what?

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basement membrane

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what are Proteolytic Enzymes?
Matrix Metalloproteinases degrade extracellular matrix (allows local invasion)
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how can benign tumours cause damage?
mechanical pressure - Pressure occludes vessels - Pressure atrophy [Even though not malignant, surrounding tissues can be destroyed due to compression of feeding vessels causing atrophy]
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in metastasis which is often the most damaging tumour - the primary or secondary site?
Secondary tumour burden is often greater than that of the primary site
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list routes of metastasis
- lymphatic - blood - transcoelomic - implantation
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what is meant by the transcoelomic route of metastasis?
Across peritoneal, pleural, pericardial cavities or in CSF
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what is meant by the implantation route of metastasis?
Spillage of tumour during biopsy/surgery [tumour can spread along the needle tract]
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what are the stages of metastasis?
``` ➢ Detachment invasion ➢ Intravasation ➢ Survival against host defences ➢ Adherence extravasation ➢ Growth ➢ Angiogenesis ```
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in the stages of metastasis, what is meant by intravasation?
[go into the blood stream]
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in the stages of metastasis, what is meant by adherence extravasation?
[gain pathway outside the blood vessel into a new host tissue]
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what route of metastasis do carcinomas usually take?
lymphatic spread first
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what route of metastasis do sarcomas usually take?
blood spread first
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where do bone mets often come from?
``` breast prostate lung kidney thyroid ```
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which type of cancer commonly performs transcoelomic metastasis?
ovarian
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brain and adrenal secondary sites are usually a result of which primary site?
lung
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what are the two types of bone mets?
lytic (lung) or sclerotic (prostate)
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what is the mechanical hypothesis?
idea that cancer metastasis is dictated by anatomy e.g. lymphatic drainage. Liver mets in GI cancer
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what is the seed and soil?
organ-preference patterns of tumor metastasis are the product of favorable interactions between metastatic tumor cells (the “seed”) and their organ microenvironment (the “soil”)
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what is angiogenesis?
New vessel formation - roles in development and healing
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what factors promote angiogenesis?
VEGF PDGF TGFβ
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what factors inhibit angiogenesis?
ECM proteins Thrombospondin Canstatin Endostatin
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why do we stage and grade cancer?
- determine prognosis (survival time, quality of life) - decide how to treat tumour - research
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what is meant by the stage of a cancer?
the extent of spread Stage = How far along the arrow the tumour is
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what is meant by the grade of a cancer?
how aggressive is the tumour? Grade = How quickly the tumour progresses along the arrow
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what system is used to stage tumours?
TNM system ● T = TUMOUR ● M = METASTASES ● N = NODES
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with reference to TNM staging, what would you measure for T stage?
T = Size +/- extent of primary tumour
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with reference to TNM staging, what would you measure for M stage?
M0 - no distant mets | M1 - distant mets.
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with reference to TNM staging, what would M1 mean?
distant mets
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with reference to TNM staging, what would M0 mean?
no distant mets
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with reference to TNM staging, what would T4 mean?
tumour involves skin or chest wall
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with reference to TNM staging, what would T3 mean?
tumour is >5cm in size
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with reference to TNM staging, what would T2 mean?
tumour is 2-5cm in size
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with reference to TNM staging, what would T1 mean?
tumour is < 2cm in size
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with reference to TNM staging, what would Tis mean?
in situ disease (hasn't spread yet)
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with reference to TNM staging, what would you measure for N stage?
N0 - no nodes N1 - Ipsilateral nodes N2 - >node involvement
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describe stage 0 breast cancer with reference to the TNM system?
Tis treatment: surgery
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describe stage I breast cancer with reference to the TNM system?
T1, N0, M0 treatment: surgery and RT
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describe stage II breast cancer with reference to the TNM system?
T1-2, N1 or T3 treatment: surgery and chemo
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describe stage III breast cancer with reference to the TNM system?
T(any) N2 or T4 treatment: chemo
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describe stage IV breast cancer with reference to the TNM system?
T(any) N(any) M1 treatment: chemo
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what is the treatment for stage 0 breast cancer?
surgery only.
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what is the treatment for stage I breast cancer?
surgery and RT
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what is the treatment for stage II breast cancer?
surgery and chemo
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what is the treatment for stage III and onwards breast cancer?
chemo.
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with reference to dukes staging for colorectal cancer, what does A mean?
A = invades into, but not through bowel wall A = >90% 5 year survival
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with reference to dukes staging for colorectal cancer, what does B mean?
B = invades through the bowel wall but with no lymph node metastases B = 70% 5 year survival
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with reference to dukes staging for colorectal cancer, what does C mean?
C = Local lymph nodes involved C = 30% 5 year survival
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with reference to dukes staging for colorectal cancer, what does D mean?
D = Distant metastases D = 5-10% 5 year survival
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what factors is grading a tumour based on?
➢ Differentiation – how much does the tumour resemble tissue it originates from ➢ Nuclear pleomorphism and size ➢ Mitotic activity ➢ Necrosis [a sign of aggressive tumour i.e. tumour is outgrowing its own vascular supply] NB: Grading performed by histopathologists - it is subjective

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