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Skin Cancer Flashcards

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1
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Risks of Basal Cell Carcinoma or Squamous Cancer (6)

A 
HPV
Radiation
Photochemo
UV
Familial Cancer
Immunosuppression
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Basal Cell Carcinoma features?

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Slow Growth
Local Invasion
Pearly Rolled

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Telangiectasia is associated with what type of skin cancer?

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Basal Cell Carcinoma

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Arborising Vessels on Dermatoscope would suggest what type of Skin Cancer?

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Basal Cell Carcinoma

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How to treat BCC Skin Cancer?

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Excision
Imiquimod
Moh’s Surgery
Visomodegib

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How to treat someone not suitable for surgery or radiotherapy or has metastatic bcc skin cancer?

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Visomodegib

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Visomodegib action?

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Selectively inhibits hedgehog pathway (molecular driver in BCC)

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma comes from?

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Keratinocytes

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Squamous cell carcinoma particularly happen where?

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Sun exposed sites

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What type of skin cancer can metastasise?

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Squamous Call Carcinoma

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How to treat SCC cancer?

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Exicision and Radiotherapy

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Keratoacanthoma features (2)

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Squamous Cell Cancer

Hair Follicles

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Melanoma key features to look for?

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Size, Shape, Colour

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Melanoma minor features to look for?

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> 5mm, Inflammed, Ooze or Bleed, Mild Itch

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Treatment of Melanoma?

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Exicison

Sentineal lymph node biopsy

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How to treat Metastatic Melanoma? (4)

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Ipiqimab
Pembrodlizimab
Nivolumab
Trametinib

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Ipilimab action?

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Inhibits CTLA-4

18
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Tramotinib should be used with?

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Veminifenib and Dabrafenib

19
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Cutaneous Lymphoma features?

A

T Cell Lymphoma
Mycosis Fungiodes (Most Common)
Sezary Syndrome

20
Q

What stages of Cutaneous Lymphoma? (4)

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Patch
Plaque
Tumour
Mets

21
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Diagnosis of Cutaneous Lymphoma?

A

Sezary Cells in Bloods

CT

22
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What is Sezary Syndrome?

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Red Man Syndrome

23
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Treatment of cutaneous lymphoma? (8)

A 
Topical Steroids
PUVA or UVB
Interferon
Bexaotene
Low Dose Methotrexate
Total Skin Electron Beam
Extracorporeal Photophoresis 
Bone Marrow Transplant
24
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What is collected in Extracorporeal Photophoresis?

A

Leucocytes

25
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Why Cutaneous Mets due to cancer where? (4)

A

Melanoma
Breast
Colon
Lung

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