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Neoplasia Flashcards

1
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Is neoplastic growth monoclonal or polyclonal?

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monoclonal

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What enzyme was classically used to determine monoclonality?

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G6PDase

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What is the normal ratio of G6PDase?

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1:1

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What receptor, other than G6PDase, can clonality be determined from?

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androgen receptor

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5
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Is the light or heavy chain composed of kappa and lambda?

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light

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What is the normal kappa:lambda light chain ratio?

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3:1

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7
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What is a benign tumor of epithelial origin called?

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adenoma

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What is a malignant tumor of epithelial origin called?

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adenocarcinoma

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9
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What type of cancer do aflatoxins cause? Where are these found?

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Hepatocellular carcinoma

Aspergillus

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10
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What two types of cancer can be caused by alkylating agents?

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leukemia and lymphoma

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11
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What two types of cancer are caused by alcohol?

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squamous cell of upper esophagus

hepatocellular carcinoma

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12
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What three cancers are caused by arsenic?

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squamous cell of skin

lung

angiosarcoma of liver

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What two types of cancer are caused by asbestos? Which is more prevalent?

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mesothelioma and lung carcinoma

lung carcinoma

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14
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What six types of cancers are caused by cigarettes?

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oropharnyx

esophagus

lung

bladder

kidney

pancreas

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15
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What specific component of cigarette smoke is carcinogenic?

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polycyclic hydrocarbons

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16
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Where do nitrosamines cause cancer? Where are nitrosamines found?

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stomach carcinoma

smoked food

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What specific type of cancer can naphthylamine cause? Where are these founds?

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urothelial cancer of bladder

cigarettes

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18
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What type of cancer does vinyl chloride cause?

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angiosarcoma of liver

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19
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What four types of metal can cause lung carcinoma?

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nickel, beryllium, chromium and silcia

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20
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What three types of cancer are caused by EBV?

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nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Burkitts

CNS lymphoma in AIDS patients

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21
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What virus causes Kaposi’s Sarcoma? What type of cell gives rise to Kaposi’s?

A

HHV8

endothelial

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22
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What type of cancer is caused by HBV and HCV?

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hepatocellular carcinoma

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23
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Which virus causes adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma?

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HTLV1

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24
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What are the high-risk isoforms of HPV?

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16, 18, 31, 33

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25
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What four locations can HPV cause squamous cell carcinoma?

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vulva, vagina, anus, cervix

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26
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HPV causes what two types of cancer in the cervix?

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adenocarcinoma or squamous cell

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27
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Which types of leukemia does ionizing radiation cause?

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AML and CML

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28
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Which endocrine tumor can ionizing radiation cause?

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papillary carcinoma of thyroid

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29
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What three types of carcinoma can be causes by UVB radiation?

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BCC, SCC, melanoma

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30
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What is the most common Ras mutation?

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inability to degrade GTP

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31
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What cancer can PDGF-B give rise to?

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astrocytoma

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32
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What type of cancer is ERBB2/HER/NEU implicated in? What mutation takes place?

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breast carcinoma

amplification

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33
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What type of cancer is KIT involved in? What type of mutation?

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GI stromal

point mutation

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34
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What three types of cancer is RET involved in? What type of mutation?

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MEN2A, MEN2B and medullary carcinoma of thyroid

point mutation

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35
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What three cancers is RAS involved in? What type of mutation?

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carcinoma, melanoma, lymphoma

point

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36
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What specific growth factor is involved in Burkitt’s lymphoma?

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c-Myc

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37
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What type of cancer is N-Myc indicative of? What is the mutation?

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Neuroblastoma

amplification

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38
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What type of cancer is L-Myc involved in? What is the mutation?

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Small cell Lung carcinoma

amplification

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39
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What cancer is cyclin D1 involved in? Which translocation?

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Mantle Cell Lymphoma

t(11:14)

40
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Which cancer is CDK4 involved in?

41
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Which cell cycle regulation point does p53 affect?

42
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What is the function of cytochrome C leaking from the mitochondria?

A

promotes apoptosis

43
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What protein inhibits the release of cytochrome C from the mitochondria?

44
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What protein destroys bcl-2?

45
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What protein upregulates BAX?

46
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Which cyclin/CDK phosphorylates Rb?

A

CyclinD/CDK4

47
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Which txn factor does Rb dissociate from when phosphorylated? Which cell-cycle check point does this drive?

48
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In what cancer is BCL2 over-expressed?

A

Follicular Lymphoma

49
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During what event will over-expression of bcl-2 prevent apoptosis of B-cells?

A

Somatic hypermutation

50
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What are the two pro-angiogenic growth factors?

A

FGF and VEGF

51
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Which attachment protein connects epithelial cells adjacent to each other?

A

E-cadherin

52
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Which attachment protein connects cells to the basement mebrane? What enzyme destroys this protein?

A

laminin

collagenase

53
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What type of collagen is found in the basement membrane?

54
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What protein do malignant cells attach to in the ECM to spread locally?

A

fibronectin

55
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Do carcinomas or sarcomas spread lymphatically?

A

carcinomas

56
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Do carcinomas or sarcomas spread hematogenously?

57
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What are the four exceptions of carinomas that can spread hematogenously?

A

renal cell carcinoma

hepatocellular carcinoma

choriocarcinoma

follicular carcinoma of thyroid

58
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Which type of carcinoma can ‘seed’ the peritoneum?

A

ovarian carcinoma

59
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Keratin is an IHC stain for a cancer originating from what type of tissue?

A

epithelial

60
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Vimentin is an IHC stain for a cancer originating from what type of tissue?

A

mesenchymal

61
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Desmin is an IHC stain for a cancer originating from what type of tissue?

62
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GFAP is an IHC stain for a cancer originating from what type of tissue?

63
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Neurofilament is an IHC stain for a cancer originating from what type of tissue?

64
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Chromogranin is an IHC stain for a cancer originating from what type of tissue? What two specific types of tumors?

A

neuroendocrine

small cell lung cancer and carcinoid tumors

65
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S100 is an IHC stain for a cancer originating from what three types of tissue?

A

melanoma, Schwannoma and Langerhans cell histiocytosis

66
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Thyroglobulin is an IHC stain for a cancer originating from what specific type of tissue?

A

follicular thyroid cells

67
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How many times does a cancer cell need to divide before clinical manifestations can be ascertained?

68
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What carcinogen can be found in grains?

A

aflatoxins

69
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What are the most important carcinogenic substances in cigarette smoke?

A

polycyclic hydrocarbons

70
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Are nitrosamines related to the intestinal or diffuse type of gastric carcinoma?

A

intestinal

71
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In what country is the most stomach cancer found?

72
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What two types of individuals, in rank order, develop nasopharyngeal carcinoma? What virus is known to cause nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

A
  1. chinese male
  2. african american

EBV

73
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Where does nasopharyngeal carcinoma often arise as a mass?

74
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What are the three types of patients that get Kaposi’s Sarcoma?

A
  1. eastern mediterranean males
  2. AIDS patient
  3. transplant patients
75
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What two viruses can cause hepatocellular carcinoma?

A

HBC and HCV

76
Q

Is HBV a DNA or RNA virus?

77
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Is HCV a DNA or RNA virus?

78
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What compound does ionizing radiation produce?

A

hydroxyl free radicals

79
Q

LiFraumeni Syndrome is characterized by what inherited defect?

A

congential mutated p53

80
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What protein is constitutively active if Rb is mutated? What will be the result of this?

A

E2F

constant progression through G1/S

81
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Germline mutations in Rb can result in what two types of cancer?

A

retinoblastoma

osteosarcoma

82
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A follicular lymphoma prevents B-cells from doing what? What is the end result?

A

somatic hypermutation

inhibition of apoptosis

83
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Tumor cells can avoid immune surveillance by down-regulating what protein?

84
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What are the two angiogenic growth factors?

A

VEGF and FGF

85
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What cell type are choriocarcinomas a malignancy of?

A

trophoblasts

86
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What specific cells of the thyroid would be positive for IHC stain?

A

follicular thyroid cells

87
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What is the most important prognostic factor for a tumor? What does this factor measure?

A

Stage

assessment of size and spread of tumor

88
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What is used for staging?

89
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What is the most important prognostic factor in the TNM scale?

A

metastasis

90
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Regarding apoptosis, what protein stabilizes the mitochondrial membrane?

91
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Which two specific chains are maintained in a 3:1 ratio in Bcells?

A

kappa to lambda light chain

92
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What two places in the body can arsenic be found?

A

skin

finger nails

93
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Which type of stomach cancer are nitrosamines associated with?

A

intestinal

94
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What other neoplasm may present with a philadelphia chromosome?

95
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Where is the mantle zone in a lymph node?

A

next to follicle

96
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Which chromosome is bcl-2 located on?

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