Renal, Renal Pelvis, and Ureter Cancer Flashcards

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Renal, Renal Pelvis, and Ureter Cancer

BONUS:

Which kidney is lower in location than the other?

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Right

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BONUS:

The renal axis runs parallel to the lateral margin of which muscle?

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psoas

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What is the most common primary malignancy of the kidney?

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RCC

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Gender predisposition of RCC?

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males

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Median age of RCC diagnosis?

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65

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RCC.

What are the most implicated risk factors?

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  • occupational (tirchloroethylene and others, asbsetos, cadmium, dry-cleaning solvents, gasoline, petroleum
  • environmental (thorium dioxide)
  • hormonal (DES)
  • dietary (fried meats)
  • cigaretter smoking
  • obesity, diabetes, hepatitis, hypertension
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RCC.

inhertied syndromes related to RCC?

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-von Hippel-Lindau
(VHL) disease

-hereditary papillary renal cancer (HPRC)

-hereditary
leiomyomatosis renal cell carcinoma (HLRCC)

-Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD)
syndrome

-constitutional chromosome 3 translocation

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What is the most important risk factor for the development of urothelial carcinoma of the urinary tract?

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smoking

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What genetic condition is associated with the development of urothelial carcinoma of the urinary tract?

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Lynch syndrome
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Patients with Lynch
syndrome, an autosomal dominant genetic condition because of inherited
mutations that impair DNA mismatch repair, have an increased risk of
developing urinary tract cancer

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Ureteral tumors tend to occur in the ____ third of the ureter.

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distal

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RCC

Classic triad of symptoms is a rare finding in RCC and is often suggestive of advanced disease and poor prognosis.

What is the classic triad?

A

gross hematuria
palpable flank mass
pain

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What is the most frequent symptom in both RCC and renal pelvis/ureteral tumors?

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hematuria

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RCC TNM Staging
What is the T-stage?

Tumor ≤7 cm in greatest dimension, limited to the kidney

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T1

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RCC TNM Staging
What is the T-stage?

Tumor >7 cm in greatest dimension, limited to the kidney

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T2

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RCC TNM Staging
What is the T-stage?

Tumor invades beyond Gerota fascia (including contiguous extension into the
ipsilateral adrenal gland)

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T4

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RCC TNM Staging
What is the T-stage?

Tumor extends into the renal vein or its segmental branches, or tumor invades the
pelvicalyceal system or invades perirenal and/or renal sinus fat but not beyond
Gerota fascia

A

T3a

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RCC TNM Staging
What is the T-stage?

Tumor extends into the vena cava above the diaphragm

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T3c

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RCC TNM Staging
What is the T-stage?

Tumor extends invades the wall of the vena cava

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T3c

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RCC TNM Staging
What is the T-stage?

Tumor extends into the vena cava below the diaphragm

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T3b

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RCC TNM Staging
What is the T-stage?

Tumor >7 cm but ≤10 cm in greatest dimension, limited to the kidney

A

T2b

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RCC TNM Staging
What is the T-stage?

Tumor ≤4 cm in greatest dimension, limited to the kidney

A

T1a

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RCC TNM Staging
What is the stage group?

N+

A

Stage III or IV

(all T stages correspond to the stage group T1=stage 1 except in N+ disease, T1 or T2 N+ is stage III

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Renal Pelvis, and Ureter Cancer TNM
Identify the N stage:

Metastasis in a single lymph node, ≤2 cm in greatest dimension

A

N1

The rest are N2

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Renal Pelvis, and Ureter Cancer TNM
What is the stage group?

N+

A

Stage IV

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RCC

What subtype is the most common?

A

Clear cell RCC

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RCC

What subtype is associated with young black patients with sickle cell trait/disease?

A

Renal medullary carcinoma (RMC)

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RCC

What is the most important prognostic factor for RCC survival?

A

stage at initial presentation

followed by nuclear grade, Furhman system

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What are the most important prognostic factors for renal pelvis and ureteral cancers in general?

A

initial stage and grade

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RCC

Is nephron sparing comparable to radical nephrectomy in terms of DFS?

Which is inferior if no?
If yes, no need to answer.

A

In a matched-pair
analysis of 164 patients undergoing nephron-sparing surgery at the Mayo Clinic,
the disease-free survival was 79%, which compared favorably to 77% in patients
undergoing radical nephrectomy

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RCC

In what instances can a nephron-sparing nephrectomy be chosen as the surgical procedure?

A

T1a and T1b

hereditary RCC

bilateral RCC

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RCC

Is there a role for neoadjuvant RT in patients with resectable RCC?

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None.

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RCC

Is there a role for adjuvant RT in patients with completely resected RCC?

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No proven role yet.

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RCC

Is there a role for adjuvant RT in patients with completely resected RCC? (with + margins)

A

No proven role yet.

positive surgical margins are not yet prospectively proven to be associated with an increased risk of local tumor recurrence or metastatic
disease.

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RCC

What is the predominant pattern of failure in RCC?

A

distant spread/metastases

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RCC

RT dose preferred for WBRT?

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> 30 Gy

2 Gy x 20) (3 Gy x 15

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RCC

Stereotactic RT dose for primary treatment?

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single fraction 25 Gy to the 70% IDL

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RCC

What is the ideal lesion size criteria for intracranial metastatic SRS?

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≤2 cm

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RCC

After nephron-sparing surgery and when RT is needed, what should be the dose constraints for the kidney?

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Mean dose <15 to 18 Gy

V12 <55%
V20 <32%
V23 <30%
V28 <20%

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When RT is needed, what should be the dose constraints for the stomach?

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<45 Gy

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When RT is needed, what should be the dose constraints for the small bowel?

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V45 <195 cc

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When RT is needed, what should be the dose constraints for the liver?

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<30 to 32 Gy

or sparing 700 cc of the liver

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When RT is needed, what should be the dose constraints for the spleen?

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5 to 10 Gy

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RCC

What should be the dose when considering preoperative RT to improve resectability?

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40 to 50 Gy (1.8-2)

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RCC

What should be the dose when considering post-operative RT?

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45 to 50 (1.8-2) to the tumor and scar

10 to 15 Gy boost to residual + microscopic

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For renal pelvis and ureter carcinoma, what should be the target volumes for adjuvant RT?

A

renal fossa,
course of the ureter to the bladder,
entire bladder,
paracaval and para-aortic lymph nodes

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RCC

Follow-up schedule?

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6 months for the 1st 2 years, annually up to 5 years

baseline abdominal imaging within 3 to 12 months of surgery

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RCC

(from inservice bank)

Renal cell carcinoma has been known to be radioresistant, however in which clinical situation as radiation been reported to have a distinct advantage?

A. Gross visceral metastases

B. Post-op RT to the tumor bed after complete nephrectomy

C. Radiosurgery for brain mets from renal cell CA

D. Whole brain RT for brain mets from renal cell CA

A

C