Oncology Flashcards
Direct acting carcinogens
Initiators
Modify DNA
Initiators
Need metabolic conversion to form active carcinogen
Procarcinogen
Cause cellular proliferation of mutated cells
Promotors
Nitrosamines
Gastric Cancer
Smoking
Lung Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Polycyclic hydrocarbons
Bronchogenic Carcinoma
Asbestos
Mesothelioma
Chromium
Bronchogenic carcinoma
Nickel
Bronchogenic carcinoma
Arsenic
Angiosarcoma of the liver
Vinyl Chloride
Angiosarcoma of the liver
Aromatic amine
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Azo dyes
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Alkalating agent
Leukemia
Benzene
Leukemia
Napthylamine
Bladder cancer
Screening for potential carcinogen
Ames test
Most common UV
UVA
Most dangerous UV
UVC
Most carcinogenic UV
UVB
Produced by UVB that causes transcriptional errors and mutation
Pyrimidine dimers
Inc risk of skin cancer due to defect in DNA repair
Xeroderma pigmentosum (PIX)
Cross linking and chain breaks
Ionizing radiation
Most sensitive to ionizing radiation
Mitosis or G2
Human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV1)
Leukemia/lymphoma
Hep B virus
Hepatocellular carcinoma
EBV
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
HPV 16,18
Cervical cancer
Herpes virus 8
Kaposi sarcoma
Most neoplasm arise
Epithelium
Prevents damaged DNA from entering S phase
p53
Requires appropriate signal to permit entry to S phase
Rb gene
Both genes must be inactivated for oncogenesis
Two hit hypothesis
Familial retinoblastoma
Rb on chr 13
Li Fraumeni Syndrome
p53 on ch 17
Anti apoptosis
bcl-2
Over expressed bcl -2
Follicular lymphoma
Gene for cellular proliferation
C-myc
Ca assoc with C-myc
Burkitt’s lymphoma t(8:14)
Childhood tumor
Neuroectoderm
Cushing triad
Systemic HTN
Bradycardia
Irregular respiration
Most common symptom of CNS tumor
Headache
Obliteration of disc margins
Absent central vein pulsation
Papilledema
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor
Medulloblastoma
Most common site of medulloblastoma
Cerebellar vermis
Pedia, infratentorial, ataxia
Medulloblastoma
Origin of medulloblastoma
Neuroblasts
Homer wright rosettes
Medulloblastoma
Neuroblastoma
Most common primary brain tumor
Glioblastoma Multiforme
Astrocytoma WHO grade I
Pilocytic astrocytoma
Astrocytoma WHO grade IV
Glioblastoma Multiforme
Astrocytoma WHO grade II
Diffuse astrocytoma
Astrocytoma WHO grade III
Anaplastic astrocytoma
Most aggressive primary brain tumor
Glioblastoma Multiforme
Spread of tumor across corpus callosum
Butterfly pattern
Butterfly pattern
Glioblastoma Multiforme
Glial cells with areas of necrotizing tissue surrounded by anaplastic cells
Glioblastoma Multiforme
Pallisading formation
Glioblastoma Multiforme
Increased mitotic activity
Microvascular proliferation
Necrosis
Glioblastoma Multiforme
Glial fibrillation acidic protein (GFAP) positive
Glioblastoma Multiforme
Irregular hypodense lesion with a peripheral ring like zone on CT
Glioblastoma Multiforme
Study of choice for Glioblastoma Multiforme
MRI
Treatment for Glioblastoma Multiforme
Surgical resection
Radiotherapy
Chemotherapy
Preferred chemotherapeutic drug for Glioblastoma Multiforme
Timozolamide
Line central canal of spinal cord and ventricles
Ependymal cells
Most common site of Ependymoma
Roof and floor of 4th ventricle
Hormone secreted by Pineal gland
Melatonin
Limited upward gaze
Accommodative spasms
Light near dissociation of pupils
Parinaud Syndrome
Vertical gaze palsy
Increased intracranial pressure
Pineal tumor
Fried egg appearance
Oligodendroglioma
Chicken wire blood vessels
Oligodendroglioma
Most common site of Oligodendroglioma
Frontal lobe
Intracranial tumor with calcification
Oligodendroglioma
Neonate with brain calcification
Toxoplasmosis
Most benign brain tumor
Pituitary adenoma
Most common functioning Pituitary adenoma
Prolactinoma
Microadenomas