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Urological Cancers Flashcards

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How many kidney cancer cases are diagnosed each year?

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  • ~13,100 cases
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What are the 3 types of renal cancers?

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  • Renal cell carcinoma (adenocarcinoma) (85%)
  • Transitional cell carcinoma (10%)
  • Sarcoma / Wilm’s tumour (5%)
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What is the most common form of renal cancer?

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  • Renal cell carcinoma
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What part of the kidney does renal cell carcinoma affect?

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  • Renal malignancy arising from renal parenchyma / cortex accounting for 85% of kidney cancers
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What are the main risk factors for renal cancer (6)?

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  • Smoking
  • Renal failure
  • Dialysis
  • Obesity
  • Hypertension
  • Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
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What are the clinical features of renal cancer (5)?

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  • Painless haematuria
  • Persistent microscopic haematuria
  • Additional Features:
    • Loin pain
    • Palpable mass
    • Metastatic disease symptom:
      • Bone pain
      • Haempopytis
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What is a red flag in kidney cancer?

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  • Persistent microscopic haematuria - reflecting urological malignancies
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What initial investigations are conducted in patients with suspected renal cancer with visible haematuria (3)?

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  • Flexible cystoscopy
  • CT urogram (Kidneys, ureter & urinary bladder)
  • Check renal function
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What initial investigations are conducted in patients with suspected renal cancer with non-visible haematuria (2)?

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  • Flexible cystoscopy
  • US KUB (Kidneys, ureter & urinary bladder)
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What is a flexible cystoscopy?

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  • A flexible cystoscopy through the urethra & bladder
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What investigations are conducted in patients with suspected renal cancer (3)?

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  • CT renal triple phase scan - a delayed scan with contrast for improved characterisation of a lesion
  • Staging CT chest
  • Bone scan if symptomatic - identify any bony mets
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What staging and grading system is used to assess the progress of renal cancer?

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What is the gold standard treatment for RCC?

Patient specific (depends on the ASA status, comorbidities, classification of lesion)

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  • Excision: Partial nephrectomy
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What is a partial nephrectomy? What is the condition for a partial nephrectomy?

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  • A partial nephrectomy involves the excision of the lesion without comprising the entire organ, given that kidney function is impaired
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What is a radical nephrectomy?

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  • The resection of the entire kidney
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What option is available for patients with small kidney tumours and unfit for surgery?

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  • Cryosurgery
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What drug treatment is available for patients with metastatic disease?

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  • Receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors
    • Targeted chemotherapy
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What are the 3 types of bladder cancer?

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  • Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) (>90%)
  • Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) (1-7%)
  • Adenocarcinoma (2%)
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What is the most common form of bladder cancer?

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  • Transitional cell carcinoma
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Why is squamous cell carcinomas of the bladder common in Egypt?

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  • Schistosomiasis is endemic

75% of bladder cancer is SCC where schistosomiasis is endemic

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What type of variants of bladder cancer is common?

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  • Non-muscle invasive tumours
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How are high grade tumours of the bladder shown?

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  • Flat or in-situ, there are difficult to visualise
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What are the risk factors for bladder cancer (6)?

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  • Smoking (Tobacco) exposure
  • Male gender
  • Age > 55 years
  • Exposure to chemical carcinogens
  • Pelvic radiation
  • Systemic chemotherapy
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What are the clinical features of bladder cancer (5)?

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  • Painless haemturia
  • Persistent microscopic haemturia
    • ​Red flag (microscopic haematuria is detected using a urine dipstick)
  • Suprapubic pain
  • Lower UTI symptoms - increased frequency of urination
  • Metastatic disease symptoms
    • ​Bone pain
    • Lower limb swelling
    • Compressional lymph nodes
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What initial investigations are conducted in patients with suspected bladder cancer with visible haematuria (3)?
* **Flexible cystoscopy** * **CT urogram** (Kidneys, ureter & urinary bladder) * Check **renal function**
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What initial investigations are conducted in patients with suspected bladder cancer with non-visible haematuria (2)?
* **Flexible cystoscopy** * **US KUB** (Kidneys, ureter & urinary bladder)
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What staging and grading system is used to assess the progress of bladder cancer?
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How is a non-muscle invasive tumour treated?
* Low grade - and no CIS then consideration of cystoscopic surveillance * intravesicular chemotherapy / BCG vaccine
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How can a BCG vaccine treat bladder tumours?
* **Elicits inflammatory response** to reduce the risk of the progression of bladder lesion cancer
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What options are available for a patient with a muscle invasive bladder tumour (3)?
* **Cystectomy** * **Radiotherapy +/- chemotherapy** * **Palliative treatment** * In situ red patches in the bladder are a poor prognostic factor
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What treatment is conducted in a patient with an initial tumour of the bladder?
* Cystoscopy + **transurethral resection of the bladder** - using heat to ablate the visible tumour * Provides histology and is curative
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What is the most common type of prostate cancer?
**Adenocarcinoma** ## Footnote >95% of prostate cancer
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What are the risk factors of prostate cancer (3)?
* **Increasing age** * **Western nations** (Scandinavian countries) * Ethnicity (**African Americans**)
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What are the clinical features of prostatic cancer?
* Usually asymptomatic unless metastatic
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What marker is elevated in patients with prostate cancer?
* **PSA** - prostate specific antigen
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Under what circumstances is PSA elevated?
* Elevated in **UTI** and **prostatitis**
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What is the recommended imaging investigation for prostate cancer?
* **MRI** prior to biopsy testing
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What staging and grading system is used to assess the progress of prostate cancer?
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What treatment is available for a patient with a low grade cancer?
* **Active surveillance** (regular PSA, MRI and Bx)
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What treatment is available for a patient who is unfit and has a high grade cancer?
* **Hormone therapy**
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What treatment is available for young and fit patients with a high grade cancer?
* **Radical prostatectomy**
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What risk are associated with a prostatectomy (4)?
* The prostate contains the proximal sphincteric unit * Controls degree of **urinary continence** * Aprostatectomy removes the proximal urethral sphincter * Inadvertent **damage** to the **cavernous nerve** to the prostate (neural innervation to the bladder and urethra) * **Bladder function is affected** * Urethral length changes during operation * **Affects continence** * **Erectile dysfunction**
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What is the main treatment for incontinence induced by a prostatectomy (2)?
* **Pelvic floor muscle exercises** * **Artificial urinary sphincter device** if exercises fail
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What treatment is available for a patient with erectile dysfunction?
* **Viagra**, or **prostaglandin E1** and if insufficient - penile prosthesis
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What follow up investigations are conducted to monitor a post-prosatectomy?
* **Monitor PSA** (should be undetectable)
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What PSA level indicates a prostate cancer relapse post-prostatectomy?
* **\> 0.2** ng/ml
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A Fuhrman grade 1 for RCC suggests what?
* **Well differentiated**
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A Fuhrman grade 2 for RCC suggests what?
* **Moderate differentiation**
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A Fuhrman grade 3+4 suggests what?
* **Poorly differentiated** (4= presence of sarcomatoid / rhomboid differentiation)
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What does Ta suggest for bladder cancer staging?
* **Non-invasive** papillary carcinoma
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What does Tis suggest for bladder cancer staging?
* Carcinoma **in situ**
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What does T1 suggest in a patient with bladder cancer?
* Invades **sub-epithelial connective tissue**
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A T2 bladder cancer stage suggests what?
* Invades **muscularis propria**
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What does a 4+3 prostatic tumour suggest?
* More likely to **grow bilaterally and spread**

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