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epithelium tumors

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benign: adenoma, papilloma
malignant: adenocarcinoma, papillary carcinoma

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blood cell cancer

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malignant leukemia or lymphoma

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blood vessel cancer

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benign: hemangioma
malignant: angiosarcoma

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smooth muscle cancer

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benign: leiomyoma
malignant: leiomyosarcoma

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striated muscle cancer

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benign: rhabdomyoma
malignant: rhabdomyosarcoma

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connective tissue cancer

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benign: fibroma
malignant: fibrosarcoma

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bone tumor

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benign: osteoma
malignant: osteosarcoma

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fat tumor

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benign: lipoma
malignant: liposarcoma

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carcinoma denotes

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epithelial origin

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sarcoma denotes

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mesenchymal origin

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CEA

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colorectal and pancreatic cancer marker

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AFP

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hepatocellular carcinomas, nonseminomatous germ cell tumors

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B-hCG

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hydatidiform moles and choriocarcinoma

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CA-125

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ovarian

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S-100

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melanoma, neural tumors, schwannoma

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alkaline phophatase

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mets to bone, liver, Paget’s disease

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bombesin

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neuroblastoma, lung and gastric cancer

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TRAP

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tartrate resistant acid phosphatase

seen in hairy cell leukemia (B cell)

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CA-19-9

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pancreatic adenocarcinoma

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20
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calcitonin

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medullary thyroid carcinoma

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21
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Psammoma bodies

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Papillary thyroid
serous ovarian
meningioma
mesothelioma
PSaMMoma bodies
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ACTH or ACTH-like peptide

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Cushing’s syndrome

small cell lung carcinoma

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ADH

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SIADH

small cell lung carcinoma, intracranial neoplasms

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PTHrP

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hypercalcemia

squamous cell lung carcinoma, renal cell, breast cancer

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1.25-OHs-D3 (calcitriol)

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hypercalcemia

Hodgkin’s

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erythropoietin

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polycythemiarenal cell, hemangioblastoma, hepatocellular, pheochromocytoma

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Ab against Ca channels at NMJ

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lambert-eaton

small cell lung cancer

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primary immune cell involved in host tumor immune surveilance

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cytotoxic T cell

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how can tumor cells evade cytotoxic T cells

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remove MHC-I from surface

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how might tumor cells induce apoptosis in T cells

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expressing FASL on surface

31
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mechanism of methotrexate differ from %5-fluorouracil

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meth: inhibits dihydrofolate reductase

5-FU: inhibits thymidylate synthase

32
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body metabolize 6-mercaptopurine

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xanthine oxidase

33
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rheumatoid disease and ectopic pregnancies

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methotrexate

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alkylates DNA, toxicity is pulmonary fibrosis

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fragments DNA, toxicity is pulmonary fibrosis

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blocks purine synthesis, metabolized by xanthine oxidase

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6-mercaptopurine

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nitrogen mustard, alkylates DNA (electrophile that binds DNA)

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nitrosureaa

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intercalates DNA, produces oxygen free radicals, cardiotoxic

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daunorubicin, doxorubicin

39
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DNA alkylating agent used in brain cancer

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nitrosureas

40
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applied topically for actinic keratosis and basal cell cancers

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5-fluorouracil

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treatment for childhood tumors (Ewing, Wilms, rhabdo)

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dactinomycin

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hemorrhagic cystitis

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cyclophosphamide and ifosfamide

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pulmonary fibrosis

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busulfan, bleomycin

methotrexate (fibrotic lung)

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methotrexate myelosuppression is reversible with what

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leucovorin

45
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prevent cardiotoxicity of daunorubicn and doxorubicin with

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dexrazoxane (iron chelator)

46
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nephrotoxic and ototoxic drugs

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vancomycin
aminoglycosides
loop diuretics
cisplatin and carboplatin

47
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used to treat choriocarcinoma

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vincristine and methotrexate

48
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treat testicular cancer

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Eradicate Ball Disease
etoposide, bleomycin, cisplatin
ifosfamide can replace bleomycin

49
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cross-link DNA, nephrotoxic, ototoxic

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cisplatin, carboplain

50
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prevents tubulin disassembly

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paclitaxel

51
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inhibits ribonucleotide reductase

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hydroxyurea (S-phase specific)

52
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inhibitor of the mutated tyrosine kinase produced by the Philadelphia chromosome

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monoclonal antibody against HER2

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trastuzumab

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SERM that does not increase the risk of endometrial cancer

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raloxifene

55
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side effects of glucocorticoids

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BAM CUSHINGOID

56
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peripheral neuropathy

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vincristine

57
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cardiotoxic

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trastuzumab
daunorbucin
doxorubacin

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