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✅Patho-Neoplasia Flashcards

1
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Non neoplastic overgrowth of disorganized tissue indigenous to a particular site

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Hamartoma

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Non-neoplastic tissue in a foreign location

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Choristoma

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3
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Syndrome with hamartomas

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Peutz jeghers syndrome

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4
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Fibrous tissue formation in response to neoplasm

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Desmoplasia

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5
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Mutations cause sustained activity of genes

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Proto-oncogenes

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6
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Mutations cause unregulated cell proliferation

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Tumor suppressor genes

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7
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Name the protooncogene involved.

CML

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Abl

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8
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Name the protooncogene involved.

Burkitt’s lymphoma

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C-myc

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9
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Follicular and undiferrentiated lymphomas

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Bcl-2

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10
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Name the protooncogene involved.

Breast, ovarian and gastric carcinomas

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Erb-B2

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11
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Name the protooncogene involved.

Colon carcinoma

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ras

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12
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Name the protooncogene involved.

Lung cancer

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L-myc

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13
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Name the protooncogene involved.

Neuroblastoma

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N-myc

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14
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Name the protooncogene involved.

MEN II and III

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Ret

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15
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Name the protooncogene involved.

GIST

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C-kit

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16
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Name the tumor suppressor gene and chromosome involved:

Retinoblastoma, osteosarcoma

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Rb 13q

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17
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Name the tumor suppressor gene and chromosome involved:

Breast and ovarian cancer

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BRCA1 17 mq

BRCA2 13q

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18
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Most human cancers, li-fraumeni syndrome

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P53

17p

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19
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Name the tumor suppressor gene and chromosome involved:

Melanoma

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P16

9p

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20
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Name the tumor suppressor gene and chromosome involved:

Colorectal CA associated with FAP

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APC 5q

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21
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Name the tumor suppressor gene and chromosome involved:

Wilm’s tumor

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WT1

11p

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22
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Name the tumor suppressor gene and chromosome involved:

NF1 and NF2

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NF1 17q

NF2 22q

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23
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Name the tumor suppressor gene and chromosome involved:

Pancreatic ca

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DPC 18q

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24
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Name the tumor suppressor gene and chromosome involved:

Colon cancer

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DCC 18q

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25
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TNM staging is more for

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Prognostication

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26
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Cancers in children

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ALL
CNS
Burkitt’s lymphoma

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27
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Cancers in men

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Prostate
Lung
Colorectal

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28
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Cancers in women

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Breast
Lung
Colorectal

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29
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Cancers that cause the most mortality in men

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Lung
Prostate
Colorectal

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30
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Cancers that cause the most mortality in women

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Lung
Breast
Colorectal

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31
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Malignant tumors ending with “oma”

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Hepatoma

Seminoma

32
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What are the malignancies associated wity tuberous sclerosis

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Astrocytoma
Angiomyolipoma
Cardiac rhabdomyoma

33
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Malignancy associated with actinic keratoses

34
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Malignancy assoc with plummer vinson syndrome

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SCCA of the esophagus

35
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Malignancy associated with paget’s disease of the bone

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Secondary osteosarcoma

Fibrosarcoma

36
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Malignancy asociated with immunodeficiency states

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Malignant lymphoma

37
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Malignancy associated with autoimmune diseases

38
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Malignancy assoc with acanthosis nigricans

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Visceral malignancy

39
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Malignancy assoc with radiation exposure

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Sarcoma

Papillary thyroid CA

40
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Most common cancers in China

Identify the cause.

A

Nasopharyngeal CA due to EBV

41
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Most common cancers in Japan

Identify the cause.

A

Gastric adenoca

Smoked food

42
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Most common cancers in SEA

Identify the cause.

A

HCCA

HBV and aflatoxin

43
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Aflatoxin is from

44
Q

Most common cancers in Africa

Identify the cause.

A

Burkitt’s lymphoma

EBV

45
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Cachexia in CA is due to

46
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What are paraneoplastic syndromes

A

Distant effects of a tumor unrelated to metastasis

47
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Chemical carcinogens

Vinyl chloride

A

Liver abgiosarcoma

48
Q

Chemical carcinogens

CCl4

A

Centrilobular necrosis, fatty liver

49
Q

Chemical carcinogens

Nitrosamines

A

Esoohagus stomach CA

50
Q

Chemical carcinogens

A

Bronchogenic CA

Mesothelioma

51
Q

Chemical carcinogens

Arsenic

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SCCA skin

Liver angiosarcoma

52
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Chemical carcinogens

Naphthalene (aniline) dyes

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Transitional cell ca bladder

53
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Chemical carcinogens

Alkylating agents

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Blood (leukemia)

54
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Associated cancer and infectious agent

Liver fluke

A

Cholangiocarcinoma

Chlonorchis sinensis
Opisthorchis viverrini

55
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Associated cancer and infectious agent

Peptic ulcer disease

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Gastric adenoca
MALT lymphoma

H pylori

56
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Associated cancer and infectious agent

Chronic cystitis

A

Bladder SCCA

Schistosoma haemotobium

57
Q

What CA of the lung is notorious for endocrinopathies?

A

Small cell cA

Acth adh pthrp

58
Q

Name the clinical syndrome of the underlying cancer

Lung CA

A

Lanbert-eaton myasthenia

59
Q

Name the clinical syndrome of the underlying cancer

Visceral ca

A

Acanthosis nigricans

60
Q

Name the clinical syndrome of the underlying CA

Pancreatic CA

A

Trousseau syndrome

61
Q

Name the clinical syndrome of the underlying CA

Thymoma

A

Red cell aplasia

62
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Name the clinical syndrome of the underlying CA

Hodgkin’s lymphoma

A

Nephrotic syndrome

63
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Electrolyte abnormalities in tumor lysis syndrome

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Hyperkalemia
Hyperuricemia
Hyperphosphatemia
HYPOCALCEMIA

64
Q

CA with brain mets

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Lung
Breast
Skin (melanoma)
Kidney (renal cell ca)
GI

Mnemonic: LOTS OF BAD STUFF KILL GLIA

65
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Liver metastasis occur in which CA

A 
Colon
Stomach
Pancreas
Breast
Lung

Cancer sometimes penetrate benign liver

66
Q

Bone mets in CA

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Prostate (blastic)
Thyroid (follicular)
Testes
Breast (both lytic and blastic)
Lung (lytic)
Kidney
67
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Tumor marker

Prostate CA

68
Q

Tumor marker

Hepatocellular CA

69
Q

Tumor marker

Colorectal CA
Pancreatic , GI, breast CA

70
Q

Tumor marker

Hydatidoform mole
ChorioCA
GEstational trophoblastic tumor

71
Q

Tumor marker

Ovarian
Malignant epithelial CA

72
Q

Tumor marker

Mets to bone
Obstructive biliary disease
Pagets disease of the bone

73
Q

Tumor marker

Melanoma
Neural tumors
Astrocytomas

74
Q

Tumor marker

Neuroblastoma

75
Q

Tumor marker

Hairy cell leukemia

76
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Tumor marker

Panc CA

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