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Skin Cancers Flashcards

1
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What is this?

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Solar (acitinic) keratosis

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What is this?

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Solar (acitinic) keratosis

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What is this?

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Solar (acitinic) keratosis horn

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What is a solar (acitnic) keratosis and what are the symptoms?

Who tends to get them

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A pre-malignant lesion that are:

  • Non itchy
  • Crusty
  • Commonly on hands, arms face, (sun exposed)
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What is this?

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Bowens disease

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What is Bowens disease, what are the symptoms?

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Pre malignant lesion

  1. Red, scaly skin usually on sun exposed areas
  2. Non itchy
  3. May be confused for an infection that doesnt clear up
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How do you treat the pre malignant lesions?

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  1. Cryotherapy
  2. Perforin cream
  3. Surgery
  4. Immunotherapy to increase response
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What is this?

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Basal cell carcinoma

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9
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What are the characteristics of a basal cell carcinoma?

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Pearly papules that have telengectasia

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How serious is a BCC?

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It invades locally but does not metastasize.

It is very common 3 in 10

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What are the risk factors for a BCC?

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Male

Age

Fair

Freckly

Repeated sun exposure/burning

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12
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What is the treatment for BCC?

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Excise

Mohs micrographic surgery if high risk

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13
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What is this?

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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What are the features of a SCC lesion?

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Ulcerating, less defined than BCC and may bleed

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How dangerous is a SCC?

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Higher chance of mets than a BCC

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16
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What are the risk factors of a SCC?

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UV exposure (sun or UV)

History of skin cancer

Fair skinned

Immunocompromise

17
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How do you treat a SCC?

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Surgery

18
Q

What is this?

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Melanoma

19
Q

How do you monitor potential malignant melanomas?

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Asymmetry

Border

Colour

Diamater

EXPERT

20
Q

What are the risk factors for melanoma?

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Fair skinned

Over 50 moles

Burns

Freckles

21
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How do melanomas grow?

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Down

22
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What is the only effective treatment for melanomas?

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Surgery

There is no clear evidence for node clearence, radiotherapy and there is no systemic chemo

23
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What could Bowens disease be confused with?

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An infection that doesnt clear up

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