Patho - FA 220 - 229 Neoplasia Flashcards
tissue origin of carcinoma vs sarcoma?
Carcinoma implies epithelial origin, whereas sarcoma denotes mesenchymal origin.
define hamartoma and choristoma
Hamartoma (disorganized overgrowth of tissues in their native location, eg, Peutz-Jeghers polyps) and Choristoma (normal tissue in a foreign location, eg, gastric tissue located in distal ileum in Meckel diverticulum).
define anaplasia
—complete lack of differentiation of cells in a malignant neoplasm
What leads to the ability of cancer to continuously replicate?
Reactivation of telomerase –>maintenance and lengthening of telomeres –>prevention of chromosome shortening and cell aging.
Warburg effect?
Shift of glucose metabolism away from mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation toward glycolysis.
How do tumor cells decrease immune response against them? (regarding cancer immune therapies) What are the Targets for the immune therapies?
- Interaction between PD-1 (on T cells) and PD-L1/2 (on tumor cells or immune cells in tumor microenvironment) –> T cell dysfunction (exhaustion).
Rx. Ab vs PD1 - pembrolizumab, nivolumab or vs PDL1 - durvalumab, atezolizumab, avelumab - CTLA-4 on T cells outcompetes CD28 for B7 on APCs –>loss of T cell costimulatory signal.
Rx. Ipilimumab (anti-CTLA4 antibody)
Cancer rx that fight T cell exhaustion?
Inhibited by antibodies against PD-1 (eg, pembrolizumab, nivolumab) or
PD-L1 (eg, atezolizumab, durvalumab, avelumab).
How is T cell co stimulatory signal lost in neoplasia? Rx that fights it?
CTLA-4 on T cells outcompetes CD28 for B7 on APCs –>loss of T cell costimulatory signal. Inhibited by ipilimumab (anti-CTLA-4 antibody)
Most common cancers in men (incidence)?
- Prostate 2. Lung 3. Colon/rectum
most common cancers that cause mortality in men?
- Lung 2. Prostate 3. Colon/rectum
Most common cancers in women?
- Breast 2. Lung 3. Colon/rectum
Most common cancers that cause mortality in women?
- Lung 2. Breast 3. Colon/rectum
Most common cancers in children (incidence & mortality)?
- Leukemia 2. CNS 3. Neuroblastoma
1 cause of death in US?
Heart disease
Most common cancer - what types?
Skin cancer (basal > squamous»_space; melanoma) is the most common cancer
How do sarcomas and carcinomas usually spread?
Most sarcomas spread hematogenously; most carcinomas spread via lymphatics
Which carcinomas spread hematogenously?
Four Carcinomas Route Hematogenously: Follicular thyroid carcinoma, Choriocarcinoma, Renal cell carcinoma, and Hepatocellular carcinoma.
Which tumors commonly metastasize to the brain?
Lung > breast > melanoma, colon, kidney.
Which tumors commonly metastasize to the liver?
Colon»_space; Stomach > Pancreas (Cancer Sometimes Penetrates liver).
Which tumors commonly metastasize to the bone?
Prostate, Breast > Kidney, Thyroid, Lung (Painful Breasts Kill The Lungs to the Bone).
Most common sites of metastasis (other than lymph nodes) for GI cancers (colon,stomach, pancreas)?
Liver and lung are the most common sites of metastasis after the regional lymph nodes.
Bone cancers are more likely to occur where?
axial skeleton
3 types of bone metastasis?
Bone metastasis can be: Lytic (non Hodgkins, non-small cell lung cancer, RCC, melanoma, multiple myeloma) Blastic (eg, prostate, small cell lung cancer, Hodgkins) Mixed (eg, breast, GI)
Name the gene product and assoc neoplasm: ALK
ALK - Receptor tyrosine kinase; Lung Adenocarcinoma (Adenocarcinoma of the Lung Kinase)
Name the gene product and assoc neoplasm: BCR-ABL
non receptor tyrosine kinase; CML, ALL
Name the gene product and assoc neoplasm: BCL-2
antiapoptotic; Follicular and diffuse large B Cell Lymphomas
Name the gene product and assoc neoplasm: BRAF
ser/thr kinase; Melanoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, papillary thyroid carcinoma, hairy cell leukemia
BRAF 4 letters Melanoma Non Hodkin Oh Hairy cell Papillary thyroid
Name the gene product and assoc neoplasm: c-kit
CytoKIne receptor; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) (I’ll give you the GIST if you seek it (c-kit) )
Name the gene product and assoc neoplasm: c-myc
Transcription factor; Burkitt lymphoma (c-myc rhymes with Burkitt)
Name the gene product and assoc neoplasm: Her2/neu (c-erbB2)
Receptor tyrosine kinase Breast and gastric carcinoma (Her2 new boobs give me butterflies in the stomach)
Name the gene product and assoc neoplasm: JAK2
Tyrosine kinase; Chronic myeloproliferative disorders
Name the gene product and assoc neoplasm: KRAS
GTPase; Colon cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer
KRAS - CLAS (Colon, Lung, pancreAS)
Name the gene product and assoc neoplasm: MYCL1
Transcription factor; Lung tumor
Name the gene product and assoc neoplasm: N-myc
Transcription factor; Neuroblastoma
Name the gene product and assoc neoplasm: RET
Receptor tyrosine kinase; MEN 2A and 2B, papillary thyroid carcinoma
RET (wREcks the Thyroid - who does? MEN)