Oncology Flashcards
Polyp type with highest risk of malignant transoformation
Villous
Treatment of mCRC with MSI
PD-1 therapy
Treatment of mCRC wild type RAS/BRAF
FOLFOX chemo + EGFR inhibitor (cetuximab)
Treatment of mCRC with mutant RAS/BRAF
FOLFOX chemo + VEGF inhibitor (bevacizumab)
A/E EGFR inhibitors
Acneiform rash
A/E bevacizumab
Impaired wound healing
GI perforation
MoA of irinotecan
Topoisomerase inhibitor
A/E of 5FU/Capeceitabine
Hand foot syndrome = palmar, plantar erythrodesia
Coronary vasopasm
Prior to using 5FU/capecitabine, check?
DPD (dihydropyrmidine dehydrogenase) - lack this, cannot metabolise, get significant myelosuppression
Metastatic malignancy, acute SOB, unexplained, CXR shows bilateral infiltrates
Suspect?
Lymphangitis carcinomatosis
Metastatic malignancy, acute SOB, features R heart strain with hypoxia, clear lungs
Suspect?
Pulmonary tumour embolism
Ki-67 - overactivity?
Cell proliferation
Ki-67 inhibition
inactivation of ribosomal RNA synthesis
SERM for breast cancer - which cell cycle phase
G1
Mammography underestimates which type of breast cancer?
Lobular
Breast cancer type that recurs after 10 years
ER positive
Breast caner type with bone mets
ER positive
Breast cancer type with brain mets
HER2 positive
EGFR (epidermal growth factor) receptor
- intracellcular signalling pathways (2)
Ras –> Raf –> MEK –> erk
- CRC check for RAS and RAF
- Melanoma - check for RAF and MEK
Pi3 –> MTOR
- Breast cancer - use CDK inhibitors first, then Pi3 inhibitors, then mTOR
Angiogenesis growth factors
VEGF
Platelet derived growth factor
Fibroblast growth factor
Where do Cyclin dependant kinase inhibitors act on?
G1/S phase
Epigenetics
- Anti-cancer treatments based on this
Hypomethylating agents
- Azacitidine for high risk MDS
Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors
- Vorinostat used in cutaneous T cell lymphoma
Vorinostat
- MoA
- Use
HDAC inhibitor
Cutaneous T cell lymphoma
2nd line neuroendocrine tumours?
Radiolabelled somostatin analogues
–> Peptide receptor radionucleotide therapy (PRRT)
MSI on CRC
- What differentiates Lynch (germline) from Sporadic
Sporadic may have BRAF mutation
Lynch will note have BRAF
Genetic defect in MUTYH associated polyposis
Deficient base excision repair
Pairs of mismatch repair proteins
MLH1 and PMS2
MSH2 and MSH6
Management of met CRC?
MSI? - PD1 single agent
Otherwise FOLFOX/FOLFIRI chemotherapy with:
- RAS/RAF wildtype - cetuximab (EGFR inhibitor)
- RAS/RAS mutant - bevacizumab (VEGFR)
- HER2 over-expressed - HER2 inhibitor
What is border of R sided vs L sided CRC
Splenic flexure. After splenic flexure = L, Before = R
CRC staging
- Into muscularis propria but not through
T2
CRC staging
- Limited to mucosa and submucosa
T1
CRC staging
- Invasion through muscularis propria
- Into peritoneal cavity
Through - T3
Into periteonal cavity - T4
Biggest predictor of CRC recurrence?
Lymph node sampling
BRAF inhibitor in mCRC
- Agent?
- When to use
Encorafenib
mCRC. RAS wildtype, BRAF mutant.
Can use cetuximab and ecorafenib, with idea BRAF inhibitor may overcome EGFR resistance
Spindle shaped cells
GIST
Kit-117
GIST
Gene for diffuse gastric cancer
CDH1