Oncology Flashcards
Indication for Mammography
Age 50
adjuvant chemo in breast cancer indication
- Cancer in axilla
- Cancer larger than 1 cm
Monoclonal AB against HER-2/NEU
Trastuzumab
5-FUchemo indication for CRC
Stage 2 and stage 3
Colonoscopy indication in General population
Age 50 , repeat every 10 years and FOT yearly
Colonoscopy indication on sigle family member with colon cancer
Colonoscopy at age 40 or 10 years earlier than the age at which the family member contracted cancer, then every 10 years.
HNPCC (three family members,two generations,one premature(before 50))
Colonoscopy at age 25, then yearly
FAP,Gardners,Peutz-jeghers,turcot CRCS inidication
-Sigmoidoscopy at age 12, then yearly
lung cancer screening
-30 pack-year smokers between ages of 55-75. Chest CT
Cervical cancer screening
Starting age 21 till age 65, sexual activiry is irrelevant.
Pap every 3 years
Pap with HPV testing every 5 years
what to do with ASCUS
-check for HPV DNA
if positive–>colposcopy
if negative–>Repeat DNA in a year
Prostate screening indication
ITS NOT INDICATED
only screen if patient ask for it with diginatal examination and PSA
most common type os testicular cancer
germ cell tumors(seminoma and nonseminoma)
Best step for scrotal lump in man under 35
Inguinal orchiectomy
the cancer screening test that lowers mortality the most
Mammogram
