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Oncology Flashcards

1
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What are the 2 Types of ALL

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b-cell
T-cell

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2
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Whats the pathophysiology of ALL?

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stem cell DNA mutations cause hyper proliferation of WBC - excessive production of immature blast cells

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3
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Environmental risk factors of developing cancer in children

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Radiation
Infection
Parental smoking during pregnancy

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4
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Known genetic risk factors

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Down’s syndrome- increase risk of leukaemia
Familial retinoblastoma

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5
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Which types of childhood cancers are caused by infections

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Berkitts lymphoma
Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma - EBV
Hepatocellular carcinoma - hep B
Kaposi sarcaom HHV8

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6
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What is a paraneoplastic phenomena

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Symptoms that are not directly attributable to the tumour but arise as part of body’s response to disease

w.g. pain, lethargy, pallor

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What is opsoclonus-myoclonus -ataxia syndrome?

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Dancing eyes
Example of paraneoplastic phenomenon
Caused by neuroblastoma

Abnormal eye jerking

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8
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What is the treatment for opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia syndrome?

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immunosuppression

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9
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Presentation of pancytopenia in children with malignancy

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Pallor/ lethargy - low Hb
Recurrent fever/ infection - low WBC
Bruising or petechiae - low PLTS

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10
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Lymphadenopathy/ unexplained mass presentation

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Lymph node with diameter greater than 2cm
Non-tener, ruberò, hard or fixed
Supraclavicular or axillary location
Systemic symptoms - fever/ weight loss/ night sweats

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Respiratory symptoms

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Orthopneoa
Reduced a/e - pleural effusion

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Presentation if bone and joint pain

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Persistent back pain
Night pain
Reluctance to weight-bear or new limp

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13
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Presentation if abdominal mass

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General malaise - neuroblastoma
HTN - Wilms or neuroblastoma

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14
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Presentation if raised intracranial pressure

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Heachache
Papilloedema
III and VI cn palsies

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15
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Neurological signs

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cerebellar signs
Visual disturbances

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16
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What should you investigate if suspecting liver tumour or malignant germ cell tumour?

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Alpha-fetoprotein AFP
b-human chorionic gonadotrophin B-HCG

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17
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What is AFP associated with

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Epithelial liver tumours
Hepatiblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma
Yolk sac tumours
Embryonaly carcinoma

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18
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What is G1 in the cell cycle

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‘Gap phase’ - synthesis of the components required for DNA synthesis

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19
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What is S phase in cell cycle

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DNA synthesis phase before second gap phase G2

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20
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What happens in G2

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Cell prepares for mitosis

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21
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What happens in M phase of cell cycle

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Final phase - actively replication cells is mitotic phase

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22
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What is G0 in cell cycle

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Rest phase

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23
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How does vincristine work?

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block the function of the spindle apparatus required for mitosis

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24
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How does etoposide work?

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Causes DNA stand breaks or directly damage DNA by forming crosslinks

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25
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Where does antimetabolites work?

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S phase - blocks synthesis of normal nucleic acids required for DNA synthesis

26
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Name antimetabolites

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Methotrexate
Cytarabine
Mercaptopurine

27
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What cancers are at increase risk of Tumour lysis syndrome

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High-count ALL and NHL (B cell)

28
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Cause of tumour lysis syndrome

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Rapid lysis of malignant cells on initiating chemotherapy

29
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Features of tumour lysis syndrome

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Hyperkalaemia
Hyperuricaemia
Hyperphosphataemia
Hypocalcmaeia

30
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What cancers are at risk of hyper viscosity syndrome?

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High-count leukaemia

31
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Cause of hyper viscosity

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Sludging of venous blood in small vessels
Large number of circulating blast cells -> poor perfusion -> stroke and death

Blood transfusion dangerous

32
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Raised intracranial pressures features

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headaches
vomiting
ataxia
papilloedema

33
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Febrile neutropenia features

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temp >38
neutrophil count <1

34
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Stage 1 Wilm’s Tumour

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Tumour confined to kidney and is completely removed at time of surgery

35
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Stage 2 Wilms Tumour

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Tumour has broken through the kidney lining but still removed by surgery

36
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Stage 3 will’s tumour

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Some of the tumour if left behind at time of surgery- tumour breaks or complete surgical removal sis not possible

37
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Stage 4 Wilm’s tumour

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Spread to other parts of body - lungs or lymph nodes

38
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Stage 5 Wilm’s tumour

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Tumour in both kidneys

39
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Which Investigation differentiates B cell from T cell NHL

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flow cytometry - identify presence of absence of protein markers on cell surface

40
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What genetic syndromes are Wilm;s Tumours ass. with?

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Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
WAGR syndrome

microdeletions of short arm in chromosome 11 (11p)

41
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What would results show of biopsy of ?hogkins lymphoma

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lymphocytic and histolytic cells

42
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Which lineage of cells does Hodgkin’s lymphoma come from?

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clonal transformation of B- cells

43
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What are the four subtypes of Hodgkin’s lymphoma?

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Nodular sclerosing - most common
Mixedixed cellularity
Lymphocyte rich
Lymphocyte depleted - rare in children

44
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Presentation of Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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Painless enlargement of supraclavicular lymph nodes
B- symptoms
Splenomegly

45
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Lymph nodes biopsy in Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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Reedsternberg cells

46
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Staging of Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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Stage 1 - single lymph node or extranodal site
Stage 2 - 2 or more lymph nodes on same side of diaphragm
Stage 3 - Lymph-node involvement on both sides of diaphragm
Stage 4 - Disseminated or multiple involvement of extra nodal sites

47
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What percentage of lymphoblasts in bone marrow is needed for a definitive diagnosis of ALL

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20% or more

48
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Prognosis is worse for…..

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<1 year olds

49
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What Xray findings are in long bones with ALL

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osteolytic medullary lesions

50
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What is a neuroblastoma?

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Embryonal cancer of peripheral sympathetic nervous system

51
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What is a good prognostic indictator in neuroblastomas?

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high levels of TRk gene give a favourable outcome

52
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Poor prognosis of ALL

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Male
Age <2
WBC >50
T-cell phenotype
CNS disease

53
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Pathophysiology of hereditary spherocystosis

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Abnormality of cytoskeleton of RBCS

54
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what does osmotic fragility test show

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increase hamolysis
not specific to hereditary sphereocystosis

55
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What would you see on blood film in patients with hereditary spherocysotis

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spheroidal cells

56
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What would you see in neuroblastoma

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VMA or hva (URINE)

57
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What gene is related to retinoblastoma

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RB1 on 13 q chromosome

58
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What is histological signs of ALL

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blast cells
high nucleus to cytoplasm ratio

59
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What is burrkitt lymphoma

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type of non-hodgkin lymphoma

60
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What gene is ass with bruit lymphoma

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MYC gene

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