Urological Cancers Flashcards
How common is kidney cancer?
- 13,100 new kidney cancer cases in the UK every year
- Kidney cancer is the 7th most common cancer in the UK
- Incidence and mortality rising
What are the different types of kidney cancer?
- 85% of kidney cancer is Renal Cell carcinoma(adenocarcinoma)
- 10% transitional cell carcinoma
- Sarcoma/Wilms tumour/other types(5%)(2)
What are the risk factors for kidney cancer?
- Smoking
- Renal failure
- dialysis
- obesity
- hypertension
What is the genetic predisposition for urological cancers?
Von Hippel-lindau syndrome (50% of individuals will develop RCC)
What are the clinical features of kidney cancer?
Painless haematuria/persistent microscopic haematuria can is a red flag symptom and can reflect any of these urological malignancies
What are the additional features of RCC?
- Loin pain
- Palpable mass
- Metastatic disease symptoms –bone pain, haemoptysis
What are the investigations for painless visible haematuria in kidney cancer?
- Flexible cystoscopy
- CT urogram
- Renal function
What are the investigations for persistent non visible haematuria in kidney cancer?
- Flexible cystoscopy
2. US KUB
What are the investigations for suspected kidney cancer?
- CT renal triple phase
- Staging CT chest
- Bone scan if symptomatic
What is the T1 staging of RCC?
Tumour ≤ 7cm
What is the T2 staging of RCC?
Tumour >7cm
What is the T3 staging of RCC?
Extends outside kidney but not beyond ipsilateral adrenal or perinephric fascia
What is the T4 staging of RCC?
Tumour beyond perinephric fascia into surrounding structures
What is N1 staging of RCC?
Met in single regional LN
What is N2 staging of RCC?
met in ≥2 regional LN
What is M1 staging of RCC?
distant met
What is the Fuhram grade of kidney cancer?
- 1 = well differentiated
- 2 = moderate differentiated
- 3 + 4 = poorly differentiated
- 1-3 based on nuclear size , 4 = presecence of sarcomatoid/rhabdoid differentation
What is the management of kidney cancer?
- Patient specific ( depends on the ASA status, comorbidities, classification of lesion)
- Gold standard is excision either
What are two types of excision of kidney cancer?
- Partial nephrectomy (single kidney, bilateral tumour, multifocal RCC in patients with VHL, T1 tumours (up to 7cm)
- Radical Nephrectomy
What is the treatment for patents with small tumours unfit for surgery?
Cryosurgery
What is the management of mestatic disease of kidney cancer?
Receptor Tyrosine Kinase inhibitors
How common in bladder cancer?
- 10,200 new bladder cancer cases in the UK every year
- Bladder cancer is the 11th most common cancer in the UK
- Incidence and mortality declining
What are the different types of bladder cancer?
- > 90% of bladder cancer is transitional cell carcinoma, 1-7% squamous cell carcinoma (75% SCC where schistosomiasis is endemic), 2. Adenocarcinoma(2%)(2)
What are the clinical features of bladder cancer?
Painless haematuria/persistent microscopic haematuria can is a red flag symptom and can reflect any of these urological malignancies
What are some additional features of bladder cancer?
- Suprapubic pain
- Lower urinary tract symptoms
- Metastatic disease symptoms –bone pain, lower limb swelling
What are the investigations of painless visible haematuria in bladder cancer?
- Flexible cystoscopy
- CT urogram
- Renal function