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Oncology - Osteosarcoma and Hemangiosarcoma Flashcards

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What is an osteosarcoma?

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It is a malignant mesenchymal tumor of primitive bone that produces an extracellular osteoid matrix

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True or False: Osteosarcoma is the most common skeletal malignancy in dogs.

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True

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What type of age distribution does osteosarcoma have?

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Bimodal - young dogs, and old dogs

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What breeds more commonly get osteosarcomas?

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Large/Giant Breed dogs

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What legs usually get osteosarcomas more commonly?

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Front legs

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Where do osteosarcomas more commonly happen?

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at the metaphysis

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What are the developmental factors that can lead to osteosarcoma?

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Large, fast growing dogs

Dogs who get ionizing radiation

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How are osteosarcomas diagnosed?

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Radiographs primarily

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Is cytology or a biopsy necessary for osteosarcoma diagnosis?

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It has decent accuracy of determining malignancy and an average accuracy of determining tumor type Can fracture

Long story short - not entirely necessary

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Is a definitive diagnosis of osteosarcoma needed before treatment?

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no - any other lesion that could be caused there may be treated similarly
If you are doing radiation - no

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What should be done for staging?

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3 view chest rads
LN aspirate
Bone scan is not helpful

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What percentage of cases have micrometestatic disease at diagnosis of osteosarcoma?

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90%

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What is osteosarcoma grading based on?

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Amount of pleomorphism, tumor cell appearance, MI, and necrosis

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What grade of osteosarcoma has the highest risk of death

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Grade III

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What are subclassifications of osteosarcoma based on?

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the type and amount of matrix, may impact survival

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What is a stage I OSA?

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Low grade, no metastasis

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What is a stage II OSA?

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high grade, no metastasis

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What is a stage III OSA?

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Low or high grade, mets

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What is a stage A OSA?

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Intracompartamental

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What is a stage B OSA?

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Extracompartamental

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What stage and grade are most dogs that we diagnose with OSA?

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Stage IIB

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What are the treatment options for OSA?

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Surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and pain control

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What is the recommended surgery for OSA?

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Amputation - this does nothing for the metastasis

Limb spare

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What is limb spare?

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You take the tumor out and replace it with something - can only do for distal radial osteosarcoma

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What radiation therapy options are there for osteosarcoma?
Palliative and stereotactic
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What is something important to keep in mind about stereotactic therapy and OSA?
The leg will fracture within a year
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What is the chemotherapy of choice for OSA?
Carboplatin (less side effects) or doxorubicin
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What can be done to remove pulmonary metastatic disease associated with OSA?
pulmonary metastasectomy
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What criteria are there for pulmonary metastasectomy?
Stable primary disease for 300 days 3 lesions or less Radiographic doubling time for >40 days No other evidence of disease
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What pain control can be given to manage OSA?
NSAIDs, Opioids, Gabapentin, and bisphosphonates
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What do bisphosphonates do?
Prevent oseoclastic activity - bone break down
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What is a risk with pain management of OSA?
When they are feeling better they may end up fracturing their bone
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What is the median survival time for OSA with one of the treatments if done alone?
5 months
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What is the median survival time for OSA when multiple treatments are done together?
9-12 months
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True or False: Pathologic fracture in a patient with OSA does not impact prognosis.
True
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What are negative prognostic factors for OSA?
Large tumor, humeral location, high tumor grade, high MI, stage III, elevated ALP, monocytosis, and lymphocytosis
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True or False: Osteosarcoma is not painful and aggressive.
It is very painful and aggressive
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If you see anisocytosis, polychromasia, or acanthocytes, what should you be worried about?
Something is going on in the spleen
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What differentials should you consider with hemangiosarcoma (HSA)?
Hematoma, hemangioma, sarcomas, other tumors, and extramedullary hematopoiesis
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What is a HSA?
Aggressive vascular endothelial cell tumor
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What percentage of splenic neoplasias are hemangiosarcomas?
50%
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What is the typical signalment for HSA?
middle aged to older | Breeds - GSH, goldens, labs, large breed dogs, lightly pigmented breeds
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What can cause cutaneous HSA?
UV light or radiation therapy
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What can cause visceral HSA?
Ionizing radiation pre or postnatally or genetic predisposition
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Where are the primary sites of HSA in dogs?
Spleen, right auricular, skin, subcutis, and muscle, liver, and kidney
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What percentage of HSAs present with overt metastasis at presentation?
80%
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True or False: HSA are the number one neoplasia that goes to the brain.
True
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What clinical signs are associated with HSA?
Weakness and collapse, signs associated with hypovolemia, abdominal distension, weight loss, signs of right hearted failure, seizures, and lameness
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What will you see on CBC/Chem/UA in patients with HSA?
Regenerative anemia, neutrophilic leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, schistocytes, acanthocytes, and hypoglycemia
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What will you see on coagulation profile in patients with HSA?
Elevations in PT/PTT - 50% will have coagulation abnormalities meeting the criteria for DIC
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What other diagnostics and staging tests should be done for HSA?
Three-view thoracic rads. abdominal ultrasound, ECG, EKG
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What will you see on an EKG in patients with HSA?
VPCs and ventricular tachycardia
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What is the gross pathology of HSA?
``` Solitary or multifocal, disseminated pale grey to dark red/purple Soft, gelatinous, blood filled, necrotic nonencapsulated friable ```
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What is staging for HSA based on?
Primary tumor, regional lymph nodes, distant metastasis
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What is the only chemotherapy agent effective in hemangiosarcomas?
Doxorubicin
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What is the survival time for chemotherapy in patients with HSA?
6 months
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What does I'm Yunity do?
It contains polysaccharides that are immunomodulatory, inhibit tumor cell growth, and free radical scavenger
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What does Yunnan Baiyao do?
It stops bleeding and can be helpful in HSA cases
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What is the most effective treatment for HSA?
splenectomy with doxorubicin
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True or False: All splenic masses are malignant.
False - but 2/3 are

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