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Tumours Flashcards

1
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Name for an epithelial tumour

A

Carcinoma

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2
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Name for a Mesenchymal tumour

A

Sarcoma

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3
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Name for a Glial tumour

A

Glioma

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4
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Name for a lymphoid tumour

A

Lymphoma

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5
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Name for a Hematopoietic tumour

A

Leukemia

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6
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Name for a Melanocytic tumour

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Melanoma

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7
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TNM staging

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Tumour - extent/spread
Nodes
Mes - Distant/local

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8
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Clinical presentation of a cancer survivor

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Fatigue, myalgia, arthralgia, bone health, peripheral neuropathy, deconditioned

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9
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Types of lung cancer

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Small cell 
Non-small cell 
- Squamous cell 
- Adenocarcinoma 
- Large cell
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10
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Where does 20-25% o small cell lung cancers develop

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Bronchial cel mucosa

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11
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Small cell lung cancers spread ____ and met ____

A

rapid

early

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12
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Where do squamous cell lung cancers arise

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Central portion near hilum

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13
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Squamous cell lung cancers spread ___ and met ____

A

slow

late

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14
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Adenocarcinoma lung cancers spread ____ and met ____

A

slow to mod

early

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15
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Where do adenocarcinomas lung cancers met to

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lungs, brain, and others organs

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16
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Large cell lung cancers spread ___ to which organs?

A

rapidly
Kidney
Liver
Adrenal and other organs

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17
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Do large cell lung cancers have a good or poor prognosis

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poor prognosis

18
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6 types of brain tumours

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  1. Intracerebral primary
  2. Intracerebral metastatic
  3. Intra spina
  4. Low grade astrocytoma
  5. Medulloblastoma
  6. Neuromas
19
Q

Where do intra cerebral metastatic brain tumour come from? how does the brain compensate for them

A

Come from lung, breast, prostrate,

compensate by dec brain tissue, CSF and blood flow volume

20
Q

Intraspinal tumour
S&S
Rx

A
  • Nerve root pain
  • worst @ night
  • cough
  • radicular pain

Rx surgery or radiation

21
Q

Which brain tumour has a good survival rate?

A

Low grade astrocytoma

** if treated early

22
Q

Which type of brain tumour frequently mets to other areas of brain and spine

A

Medulloblastoma

23
Q

Neurom S&S

A
  • CN 8 (vestibular)
  • head ache
  • seizure
  • nausea, vomit
  • cognition and behaviour
24
Q

4 types of connective tissue tumour

A
  • Osteosarcoma
  • Synovial sarcoma
  • Osteoid osteoma
  • prostate
25
Q

Where do Osteosarcoma develop? what are their symptoms

A

End of long bones

produce pain

26
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What does an osteosarcoma look like on an x-ray? are they primarily primary or secondary tumours?

A

X-ray moth eaten appearance

usually secondary, primary is rare (can occur in youth)

27
Q

Osteosarcoma Rx

A

Surgery

28
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Where do synovial sarcomas develop?

S&S ?

A

Usually in larger joints

Swelling and instability

29
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Synovial sarcoma Rx

A

surgery +/-chemo/rad

30
Q

Where may synovial sarcomas met to?

A

may met to bone, may come from breast, lung, prostate, thyroid

31
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Are osteoid osteoma’s benign or malignant?

A

Benign

32
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Osteoid osteoma S&S

A

exercise related bone pain and tenderness, abolition of symptoms with aspirin,

33
Q

Osteoid osteoma Rx

A

ablation, ethanol, laser

34
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Prostate tumour Rx

A
  • Surgery
  • external beam radiation
  • brachytherapy
  • androgen deprivation therapy
35
Q

3 types of skin tumours

A
  • Basal cell carcinoma
  • Squamous cell carcinoma
  • malignant melanoma
36
Q

Which skin tumour is the most common?

A

Basal cell carcinoma

37
Q

Basal cell carcinoma - high or low risk of spreading? appearance?

A

Low

Translucent and red in colour

38
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Squamous cell carcinoma - high or low risk of spreading? Appearance?

A

High risk

Solid skin tumor - often volcano shaped

39
Q

Malignant melanoma - high or low risk of spreading?

A

HIgh - most dangerous

40
Q

ABCD rule for skin cancer

A

Asymmetry
Border
Colour
Diameter

PCE - Multisystem conditions (12 decks)

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