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Most common malignancy

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Leukemia - ALL

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Second most common malignancy

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Brain tumors

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Cancers associated with EBV

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  • Burkitt lymphoma
  • Hodgkin lymphoma
  • Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
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Definition of allogeneic transplantation

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Transplantation from a compatible donor

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Definition of autologous transplantation

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Transplantation for the patient him/herself, harvested beforehand, while the marrow is uninvolved or in remission

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Infections associated with children under cancer therapy

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  1. Pneumocystis jiroveci/carinii pneumonia
  2. Disseminated fungal infection (e.g. aspergillosis, candidiasis)
  3. Coagulase-negative staphylococcal infections of CV catheters
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Age group acquiring ALL

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Peaks at 2-5 years of age

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Symptoms of ALL

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  • General:
  • Malaise, anorexia
  • Bone marrow infiltration:
  • Anemia –> pallor, lethargy
  • Neutropenia –> infection
  • Thrombocytopenia –> bruising, petechiae, nose bleeds
  • Bone pain
  • Reticluo-endothelial infilatration:
  • Hepatosplenomegaly
  • Lymphadenopathy
  • Other organ infiltration (more common at relapse):
  • CNS –> headaches, vomiting, nerve palsies
  • Testes –> testicular enlargement
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How does the CBC look like in ALL?

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  • Low Hb
  • Low platelets - thrombocytopenia
  • Circulating leukemic blast cells
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In ALL, a mediastinal mass is characteristic for?

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T-cell disease

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Most common subtype of ALL

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Precursor B-cell –> B-lymphoblasts

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Factors contributing to prognosis in ALL

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  1. Patient age
  2. WBC count at presentation
  3. Cytogenetics of the leukemic cell
  4. Response to treatment
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Poor prognosis in ALL, indicated when

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  1. Age <1 or >10 years of age
  2. WBC >100.000/mm3
  3. Slow response to initial treatment
  4. Chromosomal abnormalities
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What drug is given to protect real function in tumor lysis?

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Allopurinol

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What does remission mean?

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Eradication of the leukemic blasts and restoration of normal marrow function

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For how long is continuing therapy for ALL given?

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Up to 3 years from diagnosis

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Most common location of brain tumors

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Infratentorial (located below the tentorium cerebelli)

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Most common solid tumor in children

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Brain tumor

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Most common brain tumor in children

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Astrocytoma

* Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma (most often localized in cerebellum)

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Clinical features in spinal tumors

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  • Back pain
  • Peripheral weakness of arm or legs
  • Bladder/bowel dysfunction
  • -> depending on level of lesion
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Clinical presentation of brain tumor

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  • Persistent or recurrent vomiting
  • Problems with balance, coordination or walking
  • Behavioral change
  • Abnormal eye movement
  • Seizures
  • Abnormal head position - wry neck, head tilt, persistent stiff neck
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First treatment of brain tumors

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Surgery, if anatomically possible

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Clinical features in Hodgkin lymphoma

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  • Classically presents with painless lymphadenopathy, most frequently in the neck. Large and firm nodes.
  • Long clinical history
  • System symptoms (‘B’ symptoms) - uncommon
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Prognosis of Hodgkin lymphoma

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80%

With disseminated disease - 60%

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Clinical features of a mediastinal mass causing SVC obstruction
- Dyspnea - Facial swelling and flushing - Venous distention in the neck - Distended veins in the upper chest and arms
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Most common non-hodgkin lymphoma
Aggressive lymphoma --> large b-cell lymphoma
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Histology of Burkitt lymphoma
B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma
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The three variants of Burkitt lymphoma
1. Endemic variant - in children living in malaria endemic regions. Malaria reduces resistance to EBV. 2. Sporadic - can be associated with EBV 3. Immunodeficiency-associated - associated with HIV
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Histologic subtypes of non-hodgkin lymphomas
1. Lymphoblastic (usually T-cell) 2. Small, non cleaved cell lymphoma (B-cell) 3. Large cell (T cell, B cell or indeterminate)
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The histological hallmark of Hodgkin lymphoma
Reed-Sternberg cell
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What does neuroblastoma arise from?
1. Neural crest tissue in the adrenal medulla | 2. Sympathetic nervous system
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At which age is neuroblastoma most common?
Before the age of 5 years
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Clinical features of neuroblastoma
Initial presentation often as metastasis: - Abdominal mass (can lie anywhere along the sympathetic chain from the neck to the pelvis), classically from adrenal origin - Weight loss - Pallor - Hepatomegaly - Bone pain - Limp
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Elevation in urine of which catecholamine indicate neuroblastoma?
Homovanillic acid (HVA)
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Elevation of urine Vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) indicate which tumor?
Pheochromocytoma
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Neurologic signs in neuroblastoma
- Ataxia - Myoclonus * 'Dancing eyes' * 'Dancing feet' - Horner syndrome
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Tumor lysis syndrome
1. Hyperuricemia 2. Electrolyte imbalance (hyperkalemia, hypophosphatemia, hypocalcemia) 3. Renal failure
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Most common renal tumor of childhood
Wilms tumor
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Wilms tumor originates from
Embryonal renal tissue
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Most common age group of Wilms tumor
2-5 years of age
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Clinical features of Wilms tumor
- Asymptomatic abdominal mass (found on routine examination/bathing) - Hematuria
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Wilms tumor association
- Hemihypertrophy - Aniridia - Genitourinary anomalies - WAGR
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What are sarcomas?
Cancers of connective tissue, such as muscle or bone
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Most common soft tissue cancer
Rhabdomyosarcoma
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Rhabdomyosarcoma originate from
Primitive mesenchymal tissue
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Most common site of rhabdomyosarcoma
Head and neck (40%) * Proptosis * Nasal obstruction * Bloodstained nasal discharge
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Different presentations of rhabdomyosarcoma
- Head and neck (40%) * Proptosis * Nasal obstruction * Bloodstained nasal discharge - Genitourinary tract (20%) * Dysuria, urinary obstruction * Scrotal mass * Bloodstained vaginal discharge - Extremities (20%) - Trunk (10%) - Metastatic (lung, liver, bone or bone marrow)
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Histological types of rhabdomyosarcoma
1. Embryonal (60%) * Botryoid 2. Alveolar (15%) 3. Pleomorphic - adult form
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Most common bone tumor
Osteosarcoma | * Appear in 2nd decade (adolescence) - when rapid bone growth
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Symptoms of osteosarcoma
- Persisten localized bone pain
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Genetics of retinoblastoma
Rb gene on chromosome 13. Autosomal dominant. | All bilateral tumors are hereditary, as ar about 20% of unilateral cases.
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Clinical features of retinoblastoma
- White pupillary reflex | - Squint
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Kaposi sarcoma is associated with which virus?
Human herpes virus-8

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