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The Case Of The Man Who Wanted To Know The Future Flashcards

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cancer staging

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a classification system that describes how far a cancer has spread

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colorectal cancer stage 1

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confined to mucosa

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colorectal cancer stage 2

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penetrates muscularis of colon wall

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colorectal cancer stage 3

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tumour penetrates serosa

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colorectal cancer stage 4

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tumour invades other structures, distant metastasis

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TNM

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T = size of T umor N = N ode involvement M = M etastases

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how do you look for distant metastasis?

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CT, occasionally PET

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what imaging modalities can assist biopsy?

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ultrasound or CT

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types of new tumour therapies in interventional radiology

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trans-arterial chemoembolisation
selective internal radiotherapy
particle embolisation
tumour ablation

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10
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radiofrequency ablation

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An interventional radiologic technique in which tumors are removed from tissues by heating

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limitation of RFA currently

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only good for tumours about 2-3cm big, heating zone not wide

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cryoablation

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destroying tumours with liquid nitrogen

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13
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what cancer is US ablation promising for?

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breast cancer

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4 subdivisions of colorectal cancer

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colon cancer
rectal cancer
oligo-metastatic
widespread metastatic

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symptoms of colorectal cancer (4)

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anaemia
rectal bleeding
change in bowel habit
tenesmus

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tenesmus

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The feeling that you need to pass stools, even though your bowels are already empty. It may involve straining, pain, and cramping.

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Hallmarks of Cancer

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Sustaining proliferative signaling
Evading growth suppressors
Activating invasion and metastasis
Enabling replicative immortality
Inducing angiogenesis
Resisting cell death
18
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cancer enabling characteristics

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tumour promoting inflammation

genome instability

19
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key 1st gene affected in colorectal cancer

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APC gene - a tumour suppressor

20
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how do polyps progress to cancer?

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APC loss causes initial polyp
KRAS mutation causes bigger polyp
more mutations in p53 and Chr 18 then get cancer

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KRAS

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Oncogene associated with colorectal cancer

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how does mismatch repair lead to cancer?

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epigenetic loss of one of the mismatch repair genes, get multiple point mutations by accident, eventually switch off a tumour suppressor

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how much colorectal cancer is hereditary?

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how much colorectal cancer is hereditary?

3-5%

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Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP)

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Autosomal dominant disorder characterized by 100s to 1000s of adenomatous colonic polyps, get inevitable subsequent mutations leading to colorectal cancer

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Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colon Cancer/Lynch Syndrome

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An autosomal dominant disorder associated with faulty mismatch repair gene so get multiple point mutations

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which cancers are you at increased risk of if you have Lynch syndrome?

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colorectal
endometrial
pancreatic
small bowel

27
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treating FAP

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prophylactic pan-colectomy by aged 40

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treating HNPCC

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regular screening colonoscopy and preventative aspirin 600mg

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screening for bowel cancer

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faecal immunochemical test offered to over 60s, if positive go for a colonoscopy

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adjuvant chemotherapy

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the use of chemotherapy after or in combination with another form of cancer treatment such as administering chemotherapy after surgery or with radiation therapy

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How does colorectal cancer spread?

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direct extension
via portal circulation to liver
via venous circulation to lung

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common mutations in colorectal cancer

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RAS
RAF
MEK
ERK

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which is the key mutation in CRC which renders EGFR inhibitors useless?

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RAS mutation

34
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Sotorasib

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a potential upcoming cancer drug for CRC with KRAS mutations

35
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prevalence of KRAS mutation in CRC

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about 40%

36
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Cetuximab

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EGFR inhibitor used in colorectal cancer

37
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how can you discover patients at risk of metastatic disease?

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do blood tests and PCR for circulating tumour cells or DNA, these people can then have adjuvant chemo as well as surgical resection

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Immune checkpoint inhibitors

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Take the “brakes” off the immune system, which helps it recognize and attack cancer cells, potential use in CRC that are mismatch repair gene deficient

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Immune checkpoint inhibitors

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lots of mutations makes cells more ‘foreign’ so more easily targeted by native immune system

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