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Oncology Flashcards

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Ca19-9

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Pancreatic

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2
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CEA

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Colorectal

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3
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HNPCC caner

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Colorectal and endometrial

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4
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AFP

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Liver, testicular

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5
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Chromogranin A

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Carcinoid (bronchial carcinoid tumour)

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6
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Carcinoid tumour management

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Ocreotide

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7
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SIADH is associated with which malignancy

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Small cell

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8
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Small cell cancer chemo agents

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Cisplatin and etoposide

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Non small cell cancer chemo agents

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Carboplatin and paclitaxel

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10
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Cancer that kills most women in the UK

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Lung

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11
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Most common cancer in the UK for women

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Breast

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12
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Oesophageal adenocarcinoma histology

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Tubo-papillary growth

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13
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Ca153

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Breast

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14
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Ca125

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Ovarian

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15
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Vinyl chloride

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Haemangiosarcoma of the liver

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16
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Nickel

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Cancer of the oral cavity

17
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Arsenic

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Skin cancer

18
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EBV

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Lymphoma - Hodgkins and Burkitts

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Human herpes virus 8

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Kaposi’s sarcoma

20
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Human T lymphocyte virus

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Hepatitis B

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Lymphoma investigation

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Excisional biopsy (not FNB as can miss cancer cells)

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Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration antibody

24
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Why is HCC more common in China

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Large number of hepatitis B patients

25
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Burkitts lymphoma

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c-MYC
starry sky

26
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What is CEA used for

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Post op surveillance colon cancer

27
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Blood film finding for a patient with prostate cancer

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Leukoerythroblastic picture

28
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Which side varicocele in renal cancer

29
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Imatininb moa

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Tyrosine kinase inhibitor

30
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How do SCC spread

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Lymphatics

31
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Which cancers respond well to imatinib

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GIST and CML

32
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Phase I trial

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Looks at human toxicity and pharmacokinetics

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Phase II trial

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Establish anti-tumour effet of drug

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Phase III trial

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Compares new drug to best conventional therapy

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Phase IV trials

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Look at long term effects of drug

36
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What does R mean in cancer staging

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Residual volume of cancer left

37
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Non invasive bladder cancer treatment

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TURBT and mitomycin C (if muscle invasive can give BCG)q

38
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Which part of the cell cycle are cells least likely to respond to chemo

39
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Chronic gastritis, type of cancer related

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MALT lymphoma

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