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What is this?

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Superficial Basal cell carcinoma

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What is this?

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Morphoeic Basal Cell carcinoma

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What is this?

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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What is this?

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Keratoacanthoma

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What is this?

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Superficial spreading malignant melanoma

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What is this?

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Lentigo malignant melanoma

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What is this?

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Acral Malignant melanoma

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What is this?

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Nodular Malignant melanoma

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What is this?

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Subungal malignant melanoma

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11
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What is this?

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Ocular melanoma

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12
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What could this be?

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Mycosis Fungoides

Eczema

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13
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What is this?

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Mycosis fungoides (plaque stage)

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14
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What is this?

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Mycosis Fungoides (tumour stage)

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15
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What is this?

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Sezary syndrome

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16
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What is this?

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Cutaneous metastases

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17
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What is the most common skin cancer?

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Basal cell carcinoma

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What is the incidence of basal cell carcinoma?

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146-788/100,000

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What is the incidence of squamous cell carcinoma?

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38-250/100,000

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What are the risk factors for skin cancer?

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UV radiation

Photochemotherapy

X-ray thermal radiation

HPV

Familial cancer syndromes

Immunosuppression

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What type of tumour is basal cell carcinoma?

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Slow growing

Locally invasive

Rarely metastasise

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How does basal cell carcinoma present?

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Nodular (pearly edge, telangiectasia, central ulceration)

Superficial

Pigmented

Morphoeic

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How are Basal cell carcinomas treated?

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Excision

Curettage

Mohs Surgery

Vismodegib

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When is Mohs surgery indicated?

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Site

Size

Subtype

Poor clinical margin

Recurrent

Perineural/perivascular involvement

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When is Vismodegib indicated?

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Locally advanced/metastatic BCC

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Vismodegib is indicated in what?

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Locally advanced/metastatic BCC not suitable for surgery

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How does Vismodegib work?

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Selectively inhibits abnormal signalling in Hedgehog pathway

(molecular driver in BCC)

28
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What is the median progression free survival for patients on Vismodegib?

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9.5 months

29
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What side effects are associated with Vismodegib?

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Hair/weight loss

Altered taste

Muscle spasms

Nausea

Fatigue

30
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Squamous cell carcinoma is derived from which cells?

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Keratinising squamous cells

31
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How do squamous cell carcinoma tend to appear?

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Faster growing

Tender

Scaly/crusted/fleshy growths

May ulcerate

32
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How is squamous cell carcinoma treated?

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Excision

Radiotherapy

High risk: follow up

33
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Which patients are considered high risk with squamous cell carcinoma?

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Immunosuppressed

>20mmdiameter

>4mm depth

Ear, nose, lip, eyelid

Perineural invasion

Poorly differentiated

34
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What is a Keratoacanthoma?

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SCC varient

Erupts from hair follicles

Grows rapidly, may shrink

35
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How is Keratoacanthoma treated?

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Surgical excision

36
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What is the incidence and mortality of malignant melanoma?

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Incidence
10-40/100,000

Mortality
1.9/100,000

37
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What are the risk factors for Malignant melanoma?

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UV radiation

Genetic susceptibility

Familial melanoma/melanoma genes

38
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What is the ABCDE rule?

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High risk melanomas

A - Asymmetry
B - Border
C - Colour
D - Diameter
E - Evolution

39
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What are the major features of melanoma?

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Change in:

Size

Shape

Colour

40
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What are the minor features of melanoma?

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Diameter >5mm

Inflammation

Oozing/bleeding

Mild itch/altered sensation

41
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What is the best way to investigate suspected melanoma?

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Dermoscopy

42
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Name 6 different types of malignant melanoma

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Superficial spreading

Lentigo

Nodular

Acral lentiginous

Ocular

Subungal

43
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How is malignant melanoma treated?

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Surgical excision based on breslow thickness

Wide local excision

Sentinel node biopsy

44
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How is stage 4 malignant melanoma treated?

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Chemotherapy

Immunotherapy

Regular followup

Ipilimumab/Pembroluzimab/Dabrafenib

45
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Which MM drug acts on CTLA-4?

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Ipilimumab

46
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Which MM drug acts on PD-1?

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Pembrolizumab

47
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Which MM drug acts on B-RAF mutation?

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Vemurafenib/Dabrafenib

48
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What is Cutaneous Lymphoma?

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Secondary cutaneous disease or

Primary cuteanous disease

49
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What is primary cutaneous lymphoma?

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Abnormal neoplastic proliferation of lymphocytes in the skin

50
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What cells are involved in cutaneous lymphoma?

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Cutaneous T-cell (65%)

Cutaneous B-cell (20%)

51
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How does T-cell Cutanous lymphoma typically present?

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Mycosis fungoides

Sezary Syndrome

52
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How does Cutaneous B-cell lymphoma typically present?

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Follicle centre

Marginal zone

Diffuse large B-cell

53
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What is Mycosis fungoides?

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Most common cutaneous t-cell lymphoma (50%

6/1,000,000

54
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Mycosis fungoides is more common in which patients?

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Elderly men

55
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What are the stages of Mycosis fungoides?

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Patch

Plaque

Tumour

Metastatic

56
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How is suspected mycosis fungoides investigated?

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Bloods

Sezary cells

CT (staging)

57
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How does the patch stage of mycosis fungoides present?

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Flat, dry, red oval lesions

May spontaneously resolve

Itch

Looks like eczema

58
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How does the plaque stage of mycosis fungoides present?

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Patches become thickened

Itching

59
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How does the tumour stage of mycosis fungoides present?

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Large irregular lumps - may ulcerate

Arise from existing plaques/normal skin

Metastases likely

60
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What is Sezary syndrome?

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Red man syndrome

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma affecting skin of entire body

61
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How is Sezary syndrome diagnosed?

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Sezary cells in peripheral blood (atypical T-cells)

62
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What is the prognosis of Sezary syndrome?

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Survival 2-4 years

Opportunistic infection likely

63
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How does Sezary syndrome present?

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Skin thickened, scaly, red

Itchy++

64
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What are the steps involved in Extracorporeal photophoresis?

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Draw blood and collect leucocytes

White cells mixed with Psoralen (makes T-cells sensitive to UVA)

UVA exposure

Treated cells re-infused

65
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How is cuntaneous lymphoma treated?

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•Dependant on stage

–Topical steroids
–PUVA or UVB
–Localised radiotherapy
–Interferon
–Bexarotene
–Low dose Methotrexate
–Chemotherapy
–Total skin electron beam therapy
–Extracorporeal photophoresis
–Bone marrow transplantation

66
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Which origin sites most commonly metastasise to the skin?

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Breast

Colon

Lung

67
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How are cutaneous metastases managed?

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Treat underlying malignancy

Local excision

Localised radiotherapy

Symptomatic

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