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Oncogenes and tumor suppressor pairs Flashcards

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PDGF (PDGFB) function

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Growth factor. secreted by activated platlets and macrophages. Induces vascular remodeling, smooth muscle cell prolif. Stimulates fibroblast growth for collagen synthesis

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Mutation in PDGF

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Astrocytoma

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FGF function

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Stimulate angiogenesis

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EGF function

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stimulates cell growth via tyrosine kinases (EGFR/ErbB1)

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TGFBeta function

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Angiogenesis, fibrosis

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Metalloproteinases function

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tissue remodeling

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VEGF function

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stimulate angiogenesis

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ALK disease

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oncogene receptor tyrosine kinase, lung adenocarcinoma

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BCR-ABL disease

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oncogene tyrosine kinase, CML (9;22), ALL

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BCL-2 disease

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oncogene antiapoptoic molecule (inhibits apoptosis, gets too stable follic and diffuse large bell lymphoma

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BRAF disease

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oncogene serine/threnonine kinase: melanoma, non hodgkin lymphoma, papillary thyroid carcinoma

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C-Kit disease

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oncogene cytokine receptor, GI stromal tumor

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c-MYC disease

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oncogene trnascription factor, nuclear regulator, burkitt lymphoma t(8:14)

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HER2/neu (cerbb2) disease

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oncogene receptor tyrosine kinase breast and gastric carcinomas

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Trastuzumab

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tx for HER2neu cancers

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JAK2 disease

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oncogene tyrosine kinase; CML

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KRAS disease

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oncogene GTPase; colon cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer

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MYCL1 disease

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oncogene transcription factor, lung tumor

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MYCN disease

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oncogene trnascirption factor, neuroblastoma

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RET disease

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oncogene receptor tyrosine kinase (growth factor receptor), neural growth factor, MEN2A, MEN2B, medullary thyroid cancer

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TSC1/TSC2 disease

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tumor suppressor TSC1: hamartin protein, TSC2: tuberin protein, Tuberous sclerosis

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VHL func and disease

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tumor suppressor inhibits hypoxia inducible fator 1a von hippel lindau disease

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WT1 disease

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tumor suppressor Wilms tumor (nephroblastoma) transcription factor regulating urogenital development

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NF1 diseasse

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Neurofibromin (Ras GTPase activating protein) tumor suppressor NF1

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NF2 disesase

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tumor suppressor Merlin (Schwannomin protein) NF2

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DCC

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tumor suppressor Deleted In Colon Cancer (DCC) Colon Cancer

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DPC4/SMAD4

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tumor suppressor Deleted in Pancreatic Cancer (DPC) Pancreatic cancer

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APC

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tumor suppressor negative regulator of beta catenin, WNT pathway Colorectal cancer (FAP assoc)

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p53

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Tumor suppressor, regulate cell cycle growth between G1 and S (upregulates BAX; disrupts Bcl2->cytochrome c leakage and destruciton) Start with 1 mutation in Li-Fraumeni syndrome present in over 50% of cancers

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Rb

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tumor suppressor, regulate G1 to S; holds E2F transcription factor, needed to progress to S phase E2F is released when RB is phosphorylated by clini D/CDK4 complex Mutation? free E2F and progression Sporadic: unilateral retionblastoma Rb disease? Retinoblastoma, osteosarcoma, often bilateral

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CCND1 (cyclin D1)

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cyclin, important in phoshporylating Rb to release E2F, Mantle Cell lymphoma t(11;14) oncogene

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CDK4

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oncogene cyclin dependent kinase, important in phoshporylating Rb to release EBF Melanoma

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Liver fluke, clonorchis sinensis

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Cholangiocarcoma

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Schistoma Haematobium

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bladder cancer (Squamous)

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Psamomma bofdies

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papillary carcinoma thyroid, serous papillary ovarian, meningioma, malignant mesothelioma

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alk phos tumor marker

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metastes to obne or liver, paget disease of obne, seminoma

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AFP tumor marker

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HCC< hepatoblastoma, yolk sac tumor, mixed germ cell tumor (dont forget in preg high is neural tube defect or abd wall, low is down syndrome)

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Beta hcgtumor

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hydratiform moles, choriocarcinomas, testicular cancer, mixed germ cell tumor

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CA 15-3 CA27/29 tumor

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Breast Cancer

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CA19-9 tumor

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pancreatic cancer

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CA125 tumor

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ovarian cancer

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Calcitonin tumor

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medullary thyroid carcinoma (including men2a and men2b)

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CEA tumor

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major assoc with colorectal and pancreatic, minor with gastric, breast, medullary

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chromogranin tumor

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neuroendocrine

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PSA tumor

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prostate cance,r but can be raised in BPH and prostatitis

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GFAP stain

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neuroglia

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Neurofilament stain

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neurons

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keratin stain

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epithelium

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vimetin stain

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mesenchyme

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desmin stain

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muscle

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ER stain

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breast epithelium

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thyroglobulin stain

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thyroid follic cells

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chromogranin stain

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neuroendocrine cells (eg small cell lung, carcinooid tumor)

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S-100 stain

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melanoma, schwannoma, langerhans cell histocytosis

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P-glycoprotein function

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MDR1 (multidrug reisstant protein 1), pumps out toxins like chemotherapeutic agents, bad news

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What mediates cachexia

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TNFalpha, IFNgamma, IL1, IL6

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hematogenous cancers

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Four Carcinomas Route Hematogenous Follic Thyroid,Chorio carcinoma, renal cell, hepatocell

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Blastic (sclerotic) mets, lytic mets, mixed mets

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lytic: lung, multiple melanoma (technically a primary), thyroid, kidney (again mets more common) mixed: breast blast: prostate

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VEGF monoclonal antibody, use, side effects

A

Bevacizumab Solid tumors (colorectal, renal) Hemorrhag,e blood clots, impaired wound healing

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EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitior uses, side effects

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Erlotinib Non-small cell lung cancer rash

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EGFR monoclonal antibody uses, side effects

A

Cetuximab Stage IV colorectal (KRAS), head and neck cancer Rash, LFTs, diarrhea

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Tyrosine kianse inhibitor of BCR-ABL, c-kit, uses, side effects

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Imatinib CML (bcr-abl, 9;22), GI stromal (c-kit) Fluid retention

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monoclonal antibody CP20, uses, side effects

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Rituximab Nonhodgkin lymphoma, CLL, ITP, RA risk of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (JC virus?)

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Proteasome inhibitors ,arrest at G2-M phase and apoptosis, uses, side effects

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Bortezomib, carfilzomib multiple myeloma, mantle cell lymphoma periph neuropathy, VZV reactivaiton

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SERMs uses, side effects

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tamoxifene, raloxifene breast cancer tx (Tamoxifen only) osteoperosis (ramoxifene only) breast cancer prevention ( I reckon both) increased irsk of endometrial cancer with tamoxifen, not the case for raloxifen (antagonist at both) increased risk of thromboletic events iwth both

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Her2 monoclonal antibody (Tyrosine kinase receptor)

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Trastuzumab (herceptin) her2+ breast cancer, gastric cancer Cardiotoxicity

67
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BRAF oncogene inhibitior

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Vemurafenib metastatic melanoma

68
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What is tumor lysis syndrome

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oncologic emergency due to massive tumor cell lysis (usually lymphoma/leukemia) release K+, PO4-> hyperkalemia, hyperphosphatemia get hypocalcemia from the hyperphosphatemia Nucleic acid breakdown give you hyperurecemia-> kidney injury tx with hydration, allopurinol, rasburicase (basically breaks down uric acid)

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Recombinant uricase that catalyzes metabolism of uric acid to allantoin

A

Rasburicase, prevnetion and tx of tumor lysis syndrome

70
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monoclonal antibody against RANKL use, name

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Denosumab; osteoperosis

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Growth factor. secreted by activated platlets and macrophages. Induces vascular remodeling, smooth muscle cell prolif. Stimulates fibroblast growth for collagen synthesis

A

PDGF (PDGFB) function

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Astrocytoma

A

Mutation in PDGF

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Stimulate angiogenesis

A

FGF function

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stimulates cell growth via tyrosine kinases (EGFR/ErbB1)

A

EGF function

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Angiogenesis, fibrosis

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TGFBeta function

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tissue remodeling

A

Metalloproteinases function

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stimulate angiogenesis

A

VEGF function

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oncogene receptor tyrosine kinase, lung adenocarcinoma

A

ALK disease

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oncogene tyrosine kinase, CML (9;22), ALL

A

BCR-ABL disease

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oncogene antiapoptoic molecule (inhibits apoptosis, gets too stable follic and diffuse large bell lymphoma

A

BCL-2 disease

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oncogene serine/threnonine kinase: melanoma, non hodgkin lymphoma, papillary thyroid carcinoma

A

BRAF disease

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oncogene cytokine receptor, GI stromal tumor

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C-Kit disease

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oncogene trnascription factor, nuclear regulator, burkitt lymphoma t(8:14)

A

c-MYC disease

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oncogene receptor tyrosine kinase breast and gastric carcinomas

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HER2/neu (cerbb2) disease

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tx for HER2neu cancers

A

Trastuzumab

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oncogene tyrosine kinase; CML

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JAK2 disease

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oncogene GTPase; colon cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer

A

KRAS disease

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oncogene transcription factor, lung tumor

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MYCL1 disease

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oncogene trnascirption factor, neuroblastoma

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MYCN disease

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oncogene receptor tyrosine kinase (growth factor receptor), neural growth factor, MEN2A, MEN2B, medullary thyroid cancer

A

RET disease

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tumor suppressor TSC1: hamartin protein, TSC2: tuberin protein, Tuberous sclerosis

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TSC1/TSC2 disease

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tumor suppressor inhibits hypoxia inducible fator 1a von hippel lindau disease

A

VHL func and disease

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tumor suppressor Wilms tumor (nephroblastoma) transcription factor regulating urogenital development

A

WT1 disease

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Neurofibromin (Ras GTPase activating protein) tumor suppressor NF1

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NF1 diseasse

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tumor suppressor Merlin (Schwannomin protein) NF2

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NF2 disesase

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tumor suppressor Deleted In Colon Cancer (DCC) Colon Cancer

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tumor suppressor Deleted in Pancreatic Cancer (DPC) Pancreatic cancer

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DPC4/SMAD4

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tumor suppressor negative regulator of beta catenin, WNT pathway Colorectal cancer (FAP assoc)

99
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Tumor suppressor, regulate cell cycle growth between G1 and S (upregulates BAX; disrupts Bcl2->cytochrome c leakage and destruciton) Start with 1 mutation in Li-Fraumeni syndrome present in over 50% of cancers

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tumor suppressor, regulate G1 to S; holds E2F transcription factor, needed to progress to S phase E2F is released when RB is phosphorylated by clini D/CDK4 complex Mutation? free E2F and progression Sporadic: unilateral retionblastoma Rb disease? Retinoblastoma, osteosarcoma, often bilateral

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cyclin, important in phoshporylating Rb to release E2F, Mantle Cell lymphoma t(11;14) oncogene

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CCND1 (cyclin D1)

102
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oncogene cyclin dependent kinase, important in phoshporylating Rb to release EBF Melanoma

103
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Cholangiocarcoma

A

Liver fluke, clonorchis sinensis

104
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bladder cancer (Squamous)

A

Schistoma Haematobium

105
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papillary carcinoma thyroid, serous papillary ovarian, meningioma, malignant mesothelioma

A

Psamomma bofdies

106
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metastes to obne or liver, paget disease of obne, seminoma

A

alk phos tumor marker

107
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HCC< hepatoblastoma, yolk sac tumor, mixed germ cell tumor (dont forget in preg high is neural tube defect or abd wall, low is down syndrome)

A

AFP tumor marker

108
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hydratiform moles, choriocarcinomas, testicular cancer, mixed germ cell tumor

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Beta hcgtumor

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Breast Cancer

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CA 15-3 CA27/29 tumor

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pancreatic cancer

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CA19-9 tumor

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ovarian cancer

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CA125 tumor

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medullary thyroid carcinoma (including men2a and men2b)

A

Calcitonin tumor

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major assoc with colorectal and pancreatic, minor with gastric, breast, medullary

114
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neuroendocrine

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chromogranin tumor

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prostate cance,r but can be raised in BPH and prostatitis

116
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neuroglia

A

GFAP stain

117
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neurons

A

Neurofilament stain

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epithelium

A

keratin stain

119
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mesenchyme

A

vimetin stain

120
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muscle

A

desmin stain

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breast epithelium

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thyroid follic cells

A

thyroglobulin stain

123
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neuroendocrine cells (eg small cell lung, carcinooid tumor)

A

chromogranin stain

124
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melanoma, schwannoma, langerhans cell histocytosis

A

S-100 stain

125
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MDR1 (multidrug reisstant protein 1), pumps out toxins like chemotherapeutic agents, bad news

A

P-glycoprotein function

126
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TNFalpha, IFNgamma, IL1, IL6

A

What mediates cachexia

127
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Four Carcinomas Route Hematogenous Follic Thyroid,Chorio carcinoma, renal cell, hepatocell

A

hematogenous cancers

128
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lytic: lung, multiple melanoma (technically a primary), thyroid, kidney (again mets more common) mixed: breast blast: prostate

A

Blastic (sclerotic) mets, lytic mets, mixed mets

129
Q

Bevacizumab Solid tumors (colorectal, renal) Hemorrhag,e blood clots, impaired wound healing

A

VEGF monoclonal antibody, use, side effects

130
Q

Erlotinib Non-small cell lung cancer rash

A

EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitior uses, side effects

131
Q

Cetuximab Stage IV colorectal (KRAS), head and neck cancer Rash, LFTs, diarrhea

A

EGFR monoclonal antibody uses, side effects

132
Q

Imatinib CML (bcr-abl, 9;22), GI stromal (c-kit) Fluid retention

A

Tyrosine kianse inhibitor of BCR-ABL, c-kit, uses, side effects

133
Q

Rituximab Nonhodgkin lymphoma, CLL, ITP, RA risk of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (JC virus?)

A

monoclonal antibody CP20, uses, side effects

134
Q

Bortezomib, carfilzomib multiple myeloma, mantle cell lymphoma periph neuropathy, VZV reactivaiton

A

Proteasome inhibitors ,arrest at G2-M phase and apoptosis, uses, side effects

135
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tamoxifene, raloxifene breast cancer tx (Tamoxifen only) osteoperosis (ramoxifene only) breast cancer prevention ( I reckon both) increased irsk of endometrial cancer with tamoxifen, not the case for raloxifen (antagonist at both) increased risk of thromboletic events iwth both

A

SERMs uses, side effects

136
Q

Trastuzumab (herceptin) her2+ breast cancer, gastric cancer Cardiotoxicity

A

Her2 monoclonal antibody (Tyrosine kinase receptor)

137
Q

Vemurafenib metastatic melanoma

A

BRAF oncogene inhibitior

138
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oncologic emergency due to massive tumor cell lysis (usually lymphoma/leukemia) release K+, PO4-> hyperkalemia, hyperphosphatemia get hypocalcemia from the hyperphosphatemia Nucleic acid breakdown give you hyperurecemia-> kidney injury tx with hydration, allopurinol, rasburicase (basically breaks down uric acid)

A

What is tumor lysis syndrome

139
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Rasburicase, prevnetion and tx of tumor lysis syndrome

A

Recombinant uricase that catalyzes metabolism of uric acid to allantoin

140
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Denosumab; osteoperosis

A

monoclonal antibody against RANKL use, name

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