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What is P-glycoprotein?

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Aka multidrug resistance protein 1 (MDR1).

Classically seen in adrenal cell carcinoma but also expressed by other cancer cells (e.g. colon, liver). Used to pump out toxins, including chemo agents

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What are some reversible types of cell changes?

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Hyperplasia, metaplasia, and dysplasia

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What are some irreversible types of cell changes?

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anaplasia, neoplasia, and desmoplasia

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What is anaplasia?

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Loss of structural differentiation and function of cells, resembling primitive cells of same tissue; often equated with undifferentiated malignant neoplasma

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What is neoplasia?

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An uncontrolled and excessive clonal proliferation of cells that may be benign or malignant

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What is desmoplasia?

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fibrous tissues formation in response to neoplasm (e.g.linitis plastica in diffuse stomach cancer)

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What is tumor grade?

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Degree of cellular differentiation and mitotic activity on histology. Usually graded 1-4

Stage almost always has more prognostic value than grade

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What is tumor stage?

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Degree of localization/spread based on site and size of the primary lesion, spread to regional lymph nodes, and presence of MET

TNM staging most common

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What is the difference between carcinoma and sarcoma?

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Carcinoma implies epithelial origin, whereas sarcoma denotes mesenchymal origin.

Both terms imply malignancy.

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Most carcinomas spread via _______

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lymph (while most sarcomas spread via blood)

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What is a choristoma?

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Normal tissue in a foreign location (e.g. gastric tissue located in the small bowel in Meckel diverticulum)

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What are some benign epithelium derived tumors?

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adenoma and papilloma

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What are some malignant epithelium derived tumors?

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adenocarcinoma or papillary carcinoma

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What are the benign and malignant tumors of blood cells?

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Benign: None

Malignant: Leukemia, lymphoma

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What are the benign and malignant tumors of blood vessels?

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Benign: hemangioma

Malig: Angiosarcoma

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What are the benign and malignant tumors of smooth muscle?

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Benign: Leiomyoma

Malignant: Leiomyosarcoma

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What are the benign and malignant tumors of striated muscle?

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Benign: Rhadbomyoma

Malignant: Rhabdomyosarcoma

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What are the benign and malignant tumors of CT?

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Benign: Fibroma

Malignant: Fibrosarcoma

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What are the benign and malignant tumors of bone?

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Benign: Osteoma

Malig: Osteosarcoma

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What is cachexia?

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Syndrome of weight loss, muscle atrophy, and fatigue that occur in chronic disease (e.g. cancer, AIDS, heart failure, etc.) mediated by TNF-a (aka cachectin), IFN-y, IL-1, and IL-6

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What malignant might this indicate?

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Rare paraneoplastic indicator of visceral malignancy (more commonly associated with insulin resistance)

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What malignant might Barrett esophagus lead to?

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Esophageal adenocarcinoma

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What malignant might chronic atrophic gastritis lead to?

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Gastric adenocarcinoma

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What malignant might cirrhosis lead to?

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HCC

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What malignant might Ulcerative colitis lead to?

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Colon adenocarcinoma

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What malignancy might this lead to?

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Squamous cell carcinoma of skin (pic: actinic keratosis)

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What malignancy might multiple seborrheic keratoses lead to?

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GI, breast, lung, and lymphoid malignancies

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What malignancy might Paget disease of bone lead to?

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secondary osteosarcoma and fibrosarcoma

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What malignancy might Plummer-Vinson Syndrome lead to?

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Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

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What malignancy might tuberous sclerosis lead to?

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Often manifests with multiple hamartomas (benign) tumors including giant cell astrocytomas, renal angiomyolipomas, cardiac rhabdomyomas

NOTE: These tumors MAY become malignant

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Down syndrome classically predisposes to what blood cancer?

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acute lymphocytic leukemia

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Autoimmune disorders like Hashimoto and SLE classically predispose to what cancers?

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Lymphoma

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Radiation exposure mostly increases risk of developing which cancers?

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leukemia, sarcoma, papillary thyroid cancer, breast cancer

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Note that for oncogenes to cause cancer, only 1 mutation has to be present, while both alleles of tumor suppressors must be absent to cause disease

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What is BCR-ABL (oncogene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Tyrosine kinase with CML and ALL

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What is Bcl-2 (oncogene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Antiapoptotic molecule with follicular and undifferentiated lymphoma

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What is BRAF (oncogene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Serine/tyrosine kinase with melanoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma

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What is c-kit (oncogene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Cytokine receptor with GIST tumor

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What is c-myc (oncogene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Transcription factor with Burkitt lymphoma

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What is HER2/neu (c-erbB2) (oncogene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Tyrosine kinase in breast, ovarian, and gastric carcinoma

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What is L-myc (oncogene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Transcription factor with lung tumors

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What is N-myc (oncogene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Transcription factor with neuroblastoma

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What is RAS (oncogene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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GTPase with colon cancer, lung cancer, and pancreatic cancer

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What is RET (oncogene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Tyrosine kinase with MEN2A/2B and medullary thyroid cancer

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What is APC (tumor suppressor gene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Colorectal cancer (associated with FAP)

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What is BRCA1/2 (tumor suppressor gene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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DNA repair protein with Breast and ovarian cancer

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What is DCC (tumor suppressor gene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Deleted in colon cancer (DCC)

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What is DPC4/SMAD4 (tumor suppressor gene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Deleted in pancreatic cancer (DPC)

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What is MEN1 (tumor suppressor gene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Menin with MEN1

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What is NF1 (tumor suppressor gene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Ras GTPase activating protein (neurofibromin) with NF1

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What is NF2 (tumor suppressor gene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Merlin (schawannomin) protein with NF2

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What is p16 (tumor suppressor gene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A with melanoma

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What is p53 (tumor suppressor gene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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transcription factor for p21, blocks G1 to S transition (seen in many cancers)

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What is PTEN (tumor suppressor gene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Breast cancer, prostate cancer, and endometrial cancer

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What is Rb (tumor suppressor gene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Inhibits E2F to block G1 to S transition with Retinoblastoma, osteosarcoma

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What is TSC1 (tumor suppressor gene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Hamartin protein with tuberous sclerosis

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What is TSC2 (tumor suppressor gene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Tuberin protein with tuberous sclerosis

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What is VHL (tumor suppressor gene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Inhibits hypoxia inducible factor 1a with von Hippel-Lindau disease and renal cell carcinoma (3p)

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What is WT1/2 (tumor suppressor gene) and what cancer is it associated with?

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Wilms Tumor

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Note about tumor markers: They should NOT be used as the primary tool for cancer diagnosis OR screening, but only to monitor tumor recurrence and response to therapy.

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What is alk phos a good tumor marker for?

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METS to bone or liver, Paget disease of bone, and seminomas (Placental ALP_

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What is a-fetoprotein a good tumor marker for?

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HCC, hepatoblastoma, yolk sac (endodermal sinus) tumors, and mixed germ cell tumors

NOTE: Normally made by fetus and transiently elevated in pregnancy but very high levels are assoicated with neural tube and abdominal wall defects, and low levels are associated with Down syndrome

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What is B-hCG a good tumor marker for?

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Hydatidiform moles and choriocarconomas (gestattiional trophoblastic disease), testicular cancer, and mixed germ cell tumors

Produced by syncytiotrophoblasts of the placenta

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What is CA15-3/CA27-29 a good tumor marker for?

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Breast cancer

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What is CA19-9 a good tumor marker for?

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Pancreatic adenocarcinoma

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What is CA125 a good tumor marker for?

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Ovarian cancer

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What is calcitonin a good tumor marker for?

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Medullary thyroid carcinoma

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What is CEA a good tumor marker for?

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Carcino-Embryonic Antigen that is very nonspecific but produced by ~70% of colorectal and pancreatic cancers and also by gastric, breast, and medullary thyroid carcinomas

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What is Chromogranin a good tumor marker for?

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Neuroendocrine tumors/carcinoid tumors

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What is PSA a good tumor marker for?

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Prostate cancer and may be elevated in BPH and prostatitis (not that good)

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EBV is associated with which cancers?

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Burkitt lymphoma

Hodgkin lymphoma

nasopharygneal carcinoma

Primary CNS lymphoma in immunocompromised

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HBV/HCV is associated with which cancers?

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HHV-8 is associated with which cancers?

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kaposi sarcoma

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HPV is associated with which cancers?

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Cervical and penile/anal carcinoma (16/19), and head and neck cancer

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H. pylori is associated with which cancers?

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Gastric adenocarcinoma and MALT lymphoma

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HTLV-1 is associated with which cancers?

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Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma

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Liver flukes (clonorchis sinensis) is associated with which cancers?

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Cholangiocarcinomas

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Schistosoma haematobium is associated with which cancers?

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Bladder cancer (squamous cell)

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Alfatoxins (aspergillus) is associated with which cancers?

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Alkylating agents is associated with which cancers?

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Leukemia and lymphoma

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Aromatic amines (eg. benzidine, 2-naphthylamine) is associated with which cancers?

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Transitional cell carcinoma

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Arsenic is associated with which cancers?

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Angiosarcoma

Lung cancer

Squamous cell carcinoma

83
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Asbestos is associated with which cancers?

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Bronchogenic carcinoma over mesothelioma

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Carbon tetrachloride is associated with which cancers?

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centrilobular necrosis and fatty change

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Cigarettes are associated with which cancers?

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Transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

Cervical carcinoma

Squamous cell carcinoma/adenocarcinoma of the esophagus

Renal cell carcinoma

Squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx

Squamous cell and small cell carcinoma of the lung

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma

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Nitrosamines (smoked foods) is associated with which cancers?

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gastric cancer

87
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Ethanol is associated with which cancers?

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HCC and squamous cell of the esophagus

88
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Ionizing radiation is associated with which cancers?

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Papillary thyroid carcinoma

89
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Radon is associated with which cancers?

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Lung cancer

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Vinyl chloride is associated with which cancers?

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Angiosarcoma

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Hypercalcemia as a result of calcitriol overproduction is a paraneoplastic symptom of what cancer(s)?

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Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma

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ACTH (Cushing syndrome) is a paraneoplastic symptom of what cancer(s)?

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Small cell lung carcinoma and renal cell carcinoma

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ADH (SIADH) is a paraneoplastic symptom of what cancer(s)?

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Small cell lung carcinoma and intracranial neoplasms

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Abs against presynaptic Ca2+ channels at the NMJ (Lambert Eaton syndrome) is a paraneoplastic symptom of what cancer(s)?

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Small cell lung carcinoma

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EPO production is a paraneoplastic symptom of what cancer(s)?

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Renal cell carcinoma, hemangioblastoma, HCC, leiomyoma, and pheochromocytoma

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PTHrP (hypercalcemia) is a paraneoplastic symptom of what cancer(s)?

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Squamous cell lung carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, and breast cancer

97
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What are Psamomma bodies?

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Laminated, concentric spherules with dystrophic calcifications

98
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PSaMMoma bodies are seen in what diseases?

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Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid

Serous papillary cystadenocarcinoma of the ovary

Meningioma

Malignant mesothelioma

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What are the most common cancers in men?

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  1. Prostate
  2. Lung
  3. CRC
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What are the most common cancers in women?

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  1. Breast
  2. Lung
  3. CRC
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What are the most common cancer killers in men?

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  1. Lung
  2. Prostate
  3. CRC
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What are the most common cancer killers in women?

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  1. Lung
  2. Breast
  3. CRC
103
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What are the most common sources of METS to the brain?

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Lung > breast > prostate > melanoma > GI

NOTE: 50+% of brain tumors are METS

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What are the most common sources of METS to the liver?

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Colon >> stomach > pancreas

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What are the most common sources of METS to the Bone?

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Prostate, breast > lung, thyroid, and kidney

NOTE: Bone METS are much more common than primaries (e.g. MM or lytic bone disease)

106
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More on the typical presentation of METS to bone:

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Breast and lung (mixed)

Thyroid and kidney (lytic)

Prostate (blastic)

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