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Oral cancer Flashcards

1
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What are the 2 distinct disease patterns in oral cancer?

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  • Oral cavity cancer
  • Oro-pharyngeal cancer
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What are 4 high risk sites in the oral cavity for oral cancer?

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  • FoM
  • Lateral border of the tongue
  • Soft palate
  • Retromolar regions
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In most cases of oral cancer which 2 sites have the highest incidence?

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  • Tongue
  • Tonsils
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Why are the rated of oropharyngeal cancer rapidly rising in high income areas?

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Lined to the rising HPV pandemic

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5
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How many times more likely does a person who smokes will get cancer ?

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x2

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How many times more likely does a person who drinks will get cancer ?

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x2

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How many times more likely does a person who smokes and drinks will get cancer ?

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x5

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In drinking, which will increase the risk of cancer more , the duration or the frequency?

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Frequency

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In smoking, which will increase the risk of cancer more frequency or duration?

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duration

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How many times more likely does a person who uses betel quid will get cancer ?

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x2

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How many times more likely does a person who is from a low socioeconomic background will get cancer ?

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x2 , especially low income and low education level

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12
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What part of the family history is important to acquire to assess the risk of head and neck cancer?

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1st degree relative

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What other risk factors can be associated with oral cancer other than socioeconomic status, gender, smoking, drinking , paan and family history?

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  • Poor oral hygiene
  • Sexual activity
  • Poor diet
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14
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Give 4 potentially malignant lesions?

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  • Leukoplakia
  • Erythroplakia
  • Lichen planus - candidal leukoplakia, chronic hyperplastic candidiasis
  • Oral submucous fibrosis
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15
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What is dysplasia grading based on?

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  • Cellular atypia
  • Epithelial architectural organisation
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16
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What is the catagories of dysplasia?

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  • Low grade
  • High grade
  • Carcinoma in situ
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17
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What are cytological changes?

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Changes in individual cells

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18
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Give 4 examples of cytological changes?

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  • Abnormal nuclear size
  • Abnormal nuclear shape
  • Abnormal cell shape
  • Abnormal cell size
  • nuclear hyperchromatism
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What are architectural changes?

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changes in organisation of maturation and layering of the epithelium

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4 examples of architectural changes?

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  • irregular epithelial stratification
  • loss of basal cells polarity
  • drop shaped rete pegs
  • Abnormal keratinisation
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21
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How does low grade dysplasia appear? Give 5 signs?

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Squamous epithelium can be distinguished
* Architectural change in lower third
* increased keratin production
* Stratification
* well defined tumour islands
* well formed basal cell layer

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How does high grade dysplasia appear? Give 4 signs?

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Show little resemblance to a normal sqaumous epithelium
* Architectural change in upper third
* increased atypia
* non-cohesive invasion pattern
* Prominent mitotic figures

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23
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What can be a predictor of cancer prognosis?

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Degree of differentiation

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24
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What is cacinoma in situ?

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  • Abnormal archteccture involving the full thickness of epithelium with severe cytological atypia
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25
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What are the histological prognostic factors of cancer? (4)

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  • Pattern of invasion
  • Depth of invasion
  • Perineural invasion
  • Invasion of vessels
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26
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What does the field cancerisation concept suggest?

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large tissue areas (>5cm) are more likely to develop multiple cancers due to widespread genetic damage from carcinogens

27
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Which system is oral cancer staged on?

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TNM

28
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What are 2 risk factors for lip cancer?

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Smoking and sunlight

29
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Why does lip cancer have good prognosis in the early stages ?

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  • slow growth
  • local invasion
  • rarely metastasise to nodes
30
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How can lip cancer present ?

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non healing ulcers or swelling on the lower lip

31
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Which tool can be used for oral cancer screening?

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Oral cancer recognition toolkit

32
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4 examples of screening aids for oral cancer other than the oral cancer recognition toolkit?

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  • HPV 16 screening
  • Toluidene blue
  • VELscope
  • Photodynamic diagnosis
33
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What is the disadvantage of toluidine blue?

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50% false negatives

34
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How does VELscope work?

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Autofluorescence of tissue with blue light , loss of fluorescence equate to change which may be cancer

35
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According to WHO what does a potentially malignant lesion mean?

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  • altered tissue in which cancer is more likely to form
36
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According to WHO what does a potentially malignant condition mean?

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A generalised state with increased cancer risk

37
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What 4 systemic conditions are considered as potentially malignant?

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  • Lichen planus
  • Oral submucous fibrosis
  • Iron deficiency
  • Tertiary syphilis
38
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What 2 types of leukoplakia can be considered to have a high malignant potential?

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  • Chronic hyperplastic candidiasis
  • Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia
39
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What area of the mouth does chronic hyperplastic candidiosis can affect?

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Commissures , in smokers

40
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What 3 histological features in chronic hyperplastic candidosis?

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  • Dysplasia in lower third
  • Mitotic figures
  • collection of neutrophils in the epithelium
41
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What stain is used to demonstrate candida albicans hyphae?

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Periodic Schiff stain

42
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What are 3 managements for chronic hyperplastic candidosis?

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  • Systemic antifungals - Fluconazole
  • Biopsy
  • Smoking advice
43
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Which area in the world might be considered as high incidence?

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India

44
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How many times does leukoplakia more likely to progress into cancer than normal mucosa?

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50 to 100

45
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From what does most oral carcinomas rise in the UK?

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Clinically normal mucosa

46
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What is this?

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Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia

47
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What are 4 predictors factors of leukoplakia malignancy?

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  • Age and gender
  • Idiopathic
  • Site
  • Clinical appearance - non homogenous
48
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Which site is considered high risk for leukoplakia malignancy?

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FoM and tongue

49
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Which white lesion has the most malignancy transformation?

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  • Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia
50
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What 3 things histologically are a predictor of malignancy in leukoplakia?

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  • Dysplasia
  • Atrophy
  • Candida infection
51
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What is dysplasia?

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disordered maturation in a tissue

52
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What is atypia ?

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Changes in cells

53
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What are the criteria for diagnosing malignancy?

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  • Architectural changes
  • Cytological abnormalities
54
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According to WHO classification 2005 , how is epithelial dysplasia graded?

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  • Hyperplasia
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe
  • Carcinoma in situ
55
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What is involved in hyperplasia (4) ?

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  • increased basal cell numbers
  • basal compartment is larger
  • no cellular atypia
56
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What is involved in mild dysplasia? (2)

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  • architectural changes in lower third
  • Mild atypia ; hyperchromatism, pleomorphism
57
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What is involved in moderate dysplasia? (2)

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  • Archtectural change in middle third
  • Moderate atypia
58
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What is involved in severe dysplasia?

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  • Architectural changes extend to upper third
  • Severe atypia and numerous mitoses
59
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What is the gold standard for confirming a malignancy?

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Histopathology

60
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What are the two main factors in carcinogenesis?

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  • Genetic
  • Environmental
61
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What is the molecular basis of cancer?

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Damage leads to altered gene expression leads to altered cell function

62
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List 3 genetics involved in oral cancer?

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  • Genes that regulate apoptosis
  • Genes involved in DNA repair
  • Oncogenes
  • Tumour suppressor genes
63
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80% cancers are considered what in case of differentiation?

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Moderately differentiated

64
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What are 3 subtypes of OSCC?

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  • Verrucous carcinoma
  • Spindle cell
  • Basaloid squamous

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