Oncology Flashcards
Hyperplasia
increased number of cells
Metaplasia
Normal cell type is replaced by another
Dysplasia
abnormal growth, loss of normal size/shape/orientation
Anaplasia
irreversible, regression, high N:C ration, prominent nucleoli, clumping of chromatin, & mitotic figures
Neoplasia
growing cells in an uncontrolled fashion
Adenoma nomenclature
Benign Tumor of Epithelium w/ glandular architecture
Papilloma nomenclature
Benign Tumor of Epithelium w/ finger-like projections
Carcinoma nomenclature
Malignant Tumor of Epithelium
-Adenoma or Papillary
Stain for Carcinoma
Cytokeratin
Epithelial tumors spread
via lymph
Mesenchymal tumors spread
via blood
Mesenchymal Tumors - Blood
Blood cell tumors (leukemia, lymphoma), Blood vessel tumor (hemangioma, angiosarcoma)
Mesenchymal Tumors - Bone
Osteoma, Osteosarcoma
Mesenchymal Tumors - Fat
Lipoma, Liposarcoma
Mesenchymal Tumors - Skeletal mm
Rhabdomyoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma
Mesenchymal Tumors - Smooth mm.
Leiomyoma
Leiomyosarcoma
Teratoma
tumor w/ >1 cell type
Mature teratoma
mature tissues, no anapestic cells (ovarian tumors)
Grade
cellular differentiation & mitotic activity
Low grade
resemble normal cell architecture & have few mitotic figures
Staging
size, spread (nodal involvement, metastasis)
Liver metastasis
Colon Stomach Pancreas Breast Lung
Liver Metastasis Sx
high LFTs, tenderness/abd pain, hepatomegaly, hepatic dysfunction (ascites, jaundice)
Brain Metastasis
Lung Breast Skin (Melanoma) Kidney GIT tumors
Brain Metastasis Sx
HA, Focal Neuro defects (Hemiparesis), Cognitive Dysfucntion (memory loss, personality change), Seizures
Bone Metastasis Sx
Prostate Renal Cell Carcinoma Thyroid Lung Breast
Lytic Bone Metastasis
break down bone (MM)
Blastic Bone Metastasis
builds bone (prostate)
Paraneoplastic Syndrome - Small Cell Lung Cancer
ACTH -> Cushing
ADH -> SIADH (hyponatremia)
Lambert-Eaton Syndrome
Lambert-Eaton Syndrome
Small Cell Lunch Cancer producing Ab against presynaptic Ca2+ channels at the NMJ
Testing for Lambert-Eaton Syndrome
Isometric mm. contraction (weakness that improves w/ use)
Paraneoplastic Syndrome - Squamous Cell Lung Cancer
Humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy
secretes PTHrP
Multiple Myeloma
Anemia, hypercalcemia, back pain (lytic bone lesions d/t local osteolytic factors)
Cachexia
tumors produce cytokines -> increase metabolic rate -> loss of fat & lean mm.
Psammoma Bodies are seen w/
Papillary thyroid cancer
Serous Papillary cystadenocarcinoma of the ovary
Meningioma
Malignant Mesothelioma
Psammoma Bodies
laminated concentric calcific spherules
Most common cause of hypercalcemia?
Primary hyperparathyroidism
Oncogenes
Mutation -> growth w/o GF (uncouple growth & GFs)
Tumor suppressor genes
Mutations allow unregulated cell cycle
Apoptosis genes
mutation, disables apoptosis
DNA repair genes
mutation, cells are susceptible to DNA damage
Tumor suppressor gene examples
Rb, p53 (checkpoint b/w G1/S)
p53 S/G2
Rb mutation
can’t inhibit E2F (TF)
Double-hit hypothesis
tumor-suppressor genes require mutations in both alleles
Heritable Retinoblastoma
inherit 1 mutation + 1 sporadic mutation
Sporadic Retinoblastoma
2 sporadic mutations
p53 mutations are seen in
50% of human cancers
p53 function
causes apoptosis by inducing transcription of pro-apoptotic genes (BAX) via p21
p53 mutations allow
cell replication through checkpoints despite DNA damage
APC
Familiar adenomatous polyposis
BRCA
Breast & Ovarian Cancer
DPC
Deleted in pancreatic cancer
DCC
Deleted in colon cancer
NF1
Neurofibromatosis type 1
NF2
Neurofibromatosis type 2
B/L acoustic neuromas
Neurofibromatosis type 2
WT1 & WT2
Wilms Tumors
VHL
Von Hippel-Lindau
TSC
Tuberous Sclerosis
RAS oncogenes
most common oncogene abnormality in tumors
K-RAS mutation
colon, lung, pancreatic tumors
H-RAS mutation
Bladder, Kidney tumors
N-RAS
Melanomas, Hematologic malignancies, Follicular thyroud cancer