lung cancer Flashcards
1
Q
most common cancer in non-smoker
A
adenocarcinoma
2
Q
most common cancer in smolker
A
small-cell carcinoma
3
Q
small cell carcinoma common neoplastic cyndrome
A
SIADH
leads to hyponatremia
4
Q
what factor is teh driver behind clubbing
A
vegf
5
Q
what stimulates vegf
A
hypoxia
6
Q
what is teh proper name for clubbing
A
hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
7
Q
what is paraneoplastic syndrome in non-small cell carcinoma
A
hypercalcemia of malignancy
parathyroid hormone related peptide, therefore PTH will be low and calcium high
8
Q
shoulder pain plus thenar wasting, think
A
pancoast tumour
9
Q
dodgy blood results in squamous cell carcinoma
A
high calcium, low PTH
10
Q
which lung cancer is peripheral
A
adenocarcinoma
11
Q
which lung cancers are central (mostly)
A
squamous and small cell
12
Q
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