Neoplasia Flashcards
What type of cancer will present with reed stern berg cells
Hodgkin lymphoma
What are the markers for liver cancer
Alpha fetoprotein oncofetal proteins
What is the marker for bowel cancer
CEA
Which cancers have been screened for
Bowel breast and cervical
What type oof staggering system is used with bowel cancer
Dukes
What are the markers for pancreatic cancers
CEA
Ca19,9
What grading system is used for breast cancer and describe how it works
Bloom Richardson
Rates it on tubule formation nuclear variation and the number of mitosis
What are the clinical markers for prostate cancer
Increased levels of prostate specific antigen
What are the two type of lung cancer?
Which is more dangerous ?
Small cell carcinoma - more dangerous
And non small cell carcinoma
What are the two type of teratoma
Dermatologist cyst - hair and teeth
Strums ovarii - thyroid tissue
Malignant in men
Benign in women
What are the risk factors for cervical cancer ? And what does it do ?
HPV virus
Produces E6 and 7 proteins
E6 Ffestiniog P53
E7 affects RB protein.