Lung Tumour Flashcards
Carcinomas epidemiology
Most frequently diagnosed major cancer in thr world
Carcinomas Aetilogy
Environmenral and genetic factors
Most lung cancers are associated with cigarette smoke
Carcinomas pathogenesis
Tobacco smoking, industrial hazards, air pollution, molecular genetics
Molecular genetics
Squamous cell carcinoma
Small cell carcinoma
Adenocarcinoma
Lung cancer in never smokers
Staging
A uniform TNM system for staging cancer according to its anatomical extent at the the time of diagnosis is useful particulary for comparing treament results
Paraneoplastic syndromes
The hormones-like factors elaborated include
ADH, ACTH, parathormone, PTH, prostaglandin E, calcitonin etc
Carcinoids
May i arise centrally or may be spherical, they grow as fingerlike or spherical
Malignant mesothelioma
Rare
Increased in people with heavy exposue tp asbestos
There is diffusion lesion arising either from visceral or parietal
