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Neoplasia Flashcards

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Benign vs. malignant

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Benign usually doesn’t metastasize. Malignant has the capacity to metastasize. Exceptions occur.

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Leiomyoma - most common benign tumor in a woman

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Tumor of smooth muscle. “Fibroids.” Don’t become leiomyosarcomas.

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Most common benign tumor in a man

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Lipoma.

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Benign tumor of glands

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Adenoma.

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Tubular adenoma

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Most common precursor for colon ca. Strawberry on a stick.

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Carcinoma vs. sarcoma

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Carcinoma is a malignancy of epithelial tissues (squamous, glandular, transitional). Squamous (Keratinous pearls, Adenocarcinoma (glands with things inside).

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Melanoma

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Melanocyte. Benign lesion = Nevus. APUD - neurosecretory origin. Have neurosecretory granules. S100 antigen. APUD (small cell carcinoma, melanoma, bronchiocarcinoid, carcinoid, neuroblastoma)

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Sarcoma

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Malignancy of mesenchymal tissue.

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Osteogenic sarcoma

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Sunburst

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Bx of girl w/ mass coming out

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vimentin neg, keratin neg, desmin positive. Embyronal myosarcoma - most common cancer of children.

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Leiomyosarcoma vs. rhabdomyosarcoma

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Smooth muscle vs. striated muscle sarcoma

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Mixed tumor

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Parotid gland. Pleomorphic adenoma. NOT teratoma b/c derived from SAME cell layer. 2 different types of tissues.

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Teratoma

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Germ cell tumors from all cell layers.

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Leukemia vs. Lymphoma

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Auer rod (AML). Hypersegmented neutrophils (B12-folate). Leukemia is a malignancy of stem cells of bone marrow. Malignant lymphomas come from lymph nodes (can metastases to bone marrow).

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Most common site for lymphoma NOT in LN.

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Stomach. H. pylori. 2nd most = Peyer’s patches in the Terminal ileum

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Most common lymphoma

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Follicular B-cell lymphoma. t(14;18) -> BCL-2 -> Inactivates apoptosis gene

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Trophoblastic tumors

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Hydatiform mole (bunch of grapes), PEC in 1 TM presentation w/ uterus is too large. (Mole = benign tumor of the chorionic villus.) Villi are lined by syncytial trophoblast [outside for o2 extraction] and cytotrophoblast, wharton’s jelly, vessel = umbilical vein (most o2 for fetus). Choriocarcinoma = malignancy of the LINING (syncytio and cytotrophoblast). Syncytiotrophoblast makes Beta-HCG and human placental lactogen.

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Things that end in -oma are not necessarily benign or even a neoplasm.

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Melanoma. lymphoma. Non-neoplastic –> Hamartoma = overgrowth of tissue in the place it SHOULD be. (e.g. bronchial hamartoma - coin lesion; polyp of Putz-Jegher’s syndrome). Choristoma = benign tissue in wrong place. e.g. Meckel’s diverticulum - gastric or pancreatic mucosa in small bowel bleed.

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“Cancer”

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Increased mitotic rate does NOT mean cancer. Atypical mitotic spindle is suggestive (aneupleid). Malignant = ability to metastasize. Longer cell cycle than cell that derived.

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Doubling times before clinical detection

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THIRTY. Tumor about 1 cm in size.

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Tumor cells

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LACK adhesion. Anaerobic metabolism. Lots of enzymes (protreases = breakthrough tissue; collagenase for BM breakdown)

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Metastasis

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Three types: lymphatic, hematogenous, seeding; Carcinomas usu. metasasize via LN’s (breast -> axillary) at the SUBCAPSULAR sinus. If they get through efferent to thoracic duct - > subclavian -> eventually hematogenous. Hematogenous = BAD. bone, liver. Sarcomas go straight through blood vessels and metastasize hematogenously (lungs and bones). Harder to detect. (e.g. radical dissection of breast isn’t need to angiosarcoma of breast). LOTS of exceptions.

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Renal adenocarcinoma

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Goes to renal vein directly.

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HCC

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Like to invade vessels.

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Seeding

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Cancers in cavities = ovarian cancer (b/c they’re mostly SURFACE-derived cancer. Omentum, pouch of douglas. Seeding in pleural cavity. Glioblastoma multiforme –> seed into spinal cord (leptomeningeal carcinomatosis).

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Always asks if metastasis is more common than primary cancer?

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Renal adenocarcinoma is an exception. Most common lung cancer is breast cancer metastasis. Most common cancer of bone is metastasis (breast cancer; BATSON venous plexus - venous from base of skull to sacrum has NO valves). For bone, vertebral column and head of femur are the most common locations.

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Most common cancer of liver?

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Lung and colon cancer.

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Testicular cancer metastasize to?

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Para-aortic LN’s (b/c descended).

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Left supraclavicular node

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VIRCHOW’s node = STOMACH. Visceral.

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Lytic metastasis and blastic metastasis.

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MM = PUNCH out lesions. Plasma cells have IL-1 (osteoclast-activating factor!) HyperCa. Osteoblastic response? Prostate cancer is osteoblastic. Release AlkPhos. Lytic = lucency. Blastic = entity. (on x-ray)

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Multiple lesions on anything

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THINK Metastasis.

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Adrenal gland metastases

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Lung cancer

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Desmin stain

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Muscle

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Keratin

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Carcinomas

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EM is rare

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APUT tumor for neurosecretory granules. Histiocytosis X tumor - Birbeck granules; CD1. Muscle = actin and myosin. Vascular = Weibell-Palade bodies? (Vwf)

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Oncogenesis steps

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Initiation = mutation. Promoted = multiple copies of mutation. Progression = sub-specializing cells (invasion, metastasis, stay, resist chemo).

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Protooncogenes

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Proto-oncogenes are normally regular cell-cycle stuff. Cis = makes growth factors. ERB-2=HER2 (breast cancer) - codes for a receptor. RET = MEN syndromes (1&2) = receptors. Messenger genes. RAS = GTP messenger (cell-membrane). ABL = cytosolic messenger system. Nuclear receptors that are transcription factors. N-myc (neuroblastoma) and C-myc (Burkitt’s).

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Proto-oncogenes

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Proto-oncogenes are normally regular cell-cycle stuff. Cis = makes growth factors. ERB-2=HER2 (breast cancer) - codes for a receptor. RET = MEN syndromes (1&2) = receptors. Messenger genes. RAS = GTP messenger (cell-membrane). ABL = cytosolic messenger system. Nuclear receptors that are transcription factors. N-myc (neuroblastoma) and C-myc (Burkitt’s).

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Tumor suppressor genes

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Rb and p53. ALL point mutations.

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Initiation

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Mechanisms of mutations? Most common = POINT mutation (e.g. p53 and RAS). Amplification = multiple copies of gene (HER2). TRANSLOCATION

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Translocations

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CML = translocation of ABL to BCR = t(9;22) = Phildaelphia chromosome. Burkit’s = EBV-associated where C-myc t(8;14); EBV receptor is CD21 on B-cells -> plasma cells. EBV stimulates divisions. t(14;18) = B-cell lymphoma. t(15;17) = Acute promyelocytic leukemia (tx = retinoic acid by maturing the cell into a benign one)

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Tumor suppressors

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APC for FAM. NF. Wilms tumor. BRCA1/2 (DNA repair) - 1 is breast/ovarian and others.

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Etios of initiation

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Chemicals, viruses, radiation. CHEMICALS is most common cause (e.g. smoking - polycyclic hydrocarbons)

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Papillary tumor of bladder

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Smoking. Analine. Cyclophosphamide.

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Kaposi’s sarcoma

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HCC

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Aflatoxin B + HBV = Lots of HCC in Asia.

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HIV-associated cancers

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Primary CNS lymphoma.

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HPV

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Squamous cancers. Genes. E6 knocks off p53. E7 knocks off Rb.

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Radiation

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Leukemia. CML is most. t (9;22) = ABL. Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. Osteogenic sarcoma

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Non-ionizing radiation. UV B. B is Bad.

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UV A = Wood’s light (dermatology - Shagreen’s patches, dermatopyosis). Basal cell carcinoma.

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Actinic keritosis

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Solar keratosis —> Squamous cell carcinoma (3-4%). Scrapes off and comes back off. Arsenic (Bangladesh - angiosarcoma of liver, lung cancer, squamous cell carcinoma)

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Retinoblastoma

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Chromosome 13. Sporadic (TWO HITS) and familial (1 HIT req.) White eye reflex (most common of this is congenital cataracts - e.g. rubella, CMV).

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Xeroderma pigmentosa

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Nuclear. UV. Nuclear excision repair (not base).

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Scar cancers in lung

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Adenocarcinomas not squamous (like in the skin - burns, keloids, draining sinus tracts)

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Helicobacter pylori associated cancers

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Adenocarcinoma and low-grade malignant lymphomas

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Grade

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Grade = what it looks like. Well-differentiated = LOW-grade. Most things that look weird = anapestic = High-grade

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Stage

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TNM. T = tumor size. 2 cm generally cut-off. N = nodes. M = metastases outside of nodes; biggest prognostic factor.

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Most important host defense system?

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CD8+. Look for MHC I changes. Perforin for caspases to apoptosize.

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Most common anemia of malignancy

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Anemia of chronic disease.

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Most common anemia of malignancy

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Anemia of chronic disease.

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Most patients with disseminated cancer are hyper-coagulable and thrombocytosis

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Trousseau sign? Vascular problem in vein jumps from one to another. (Migratory thrombophlebitis)

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Most common cause of fever in malignancy

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Gram NEG. E. coli (catheter), Pseudomonas (resp)

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Paraneoplastic syndromes

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Signs +/- symptoms that might say that a cancer is present.

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Most common paraneoplastic syndrome

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Hypercalcemia. PTHrP (acts like PTH)

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Multiple outcroppings of Seborrheic keratosis or Acanthosis nigricans (Leser-Trelat sign)

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Is a gastric adenocarcinoma marker.

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Connective tissue disease associated with cancer

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Dermatomyositis. Leukemia, lymphoma.

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Vegetations on MV. Sterile. Mucus-producing cancers (colon cancer)

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Colon cancer. Marantic endocarditis.

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HypoNa OR Cushings

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Small cell carcinoma. ADH and ACTH. APUT tumors. S100 +. Neural crest origin. Neurosecretory granules on EM

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HyperCA or 2 polycythemia.

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Renal adenocarcinoma. PTHrP and EPO.

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Hypoglycemia or 2 polycythemia

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HCC. EPO. Insulin-like factor.

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HypoCa or Cushings?

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Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid. Calcitonin is the tumor marker.

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Two tumor markers with testicular cancer

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Alpha-fetoprotein. HCG. AFP is a marker for yolk-sac tumor = endodermal sinus tumor. AFP is the albumin of a fetus. AFP is also associated with HCC. Open-neural tube (Folate). AFP is DOWN in DOWN’s.

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Marker for malignancy of bone associated with monoclonal spike

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Bence-Jones protein. MM. BJ is light chain of immunoglobulin.

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Tumor marker for prostate cancer

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PSH. Not specific b/c BPH. Sensitive but NOT specific.

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Breast cancer - surfaced derived

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Ovarian cancer

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Carcinoembryonic Ag (CEA)

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For Colon cancer, small cell, and breast. CEA ic –> nephrotic syndrome = diffuse membranous glomerulonephritis

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Breast cancer - surfaced derived

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Ovarian cancer

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Carcinoembryonic Ag (CEA)

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For Colon cancer, small cell, and breast. CEA IC –> nephrotic syndrome = diffuse membranous glomerulonephritis

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Trophoblastic tumor

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Primary tumor of the brain in kids

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Cerebellar cystic astrocytoma (benign). Most common cancer is medulloblastoma (cerebellum)

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Most common childhood cancer

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Incidence of cancer?

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  1. Breast 2. lung 3. colon; men 1. prostate 2. lung 3. colon
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GYN Cancers

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Most common = endometrial cancer (but BEST prognosis). 2. ovarian. 3. cervical (pap smears).

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