USMLE Deck2 Flashcards
Most common cancer in men
Prostate > lung > colon
Most common cancer in women
Breast > Lung > Colorectal > uterine
Most common cancer mortality in men
Lung > prostate > colorectal > pancreas
Most common cancer mortality in women
Lung > breast > colon > oancreas
abl
tyrosine kinase; CML
c-myc
Transcription factor; Burkitt’s t(8;14)
bcl-2
anti-apoptosis; follicular and undifferentiatiod lymphomas t(14;18)
erb-B2
Tyrosine Kinase (HER2/neu) targeted by trastizumab; breast, ovarian and gastric
ras
GTPase; K-ras->colon, lung pancreas; H-ras->bladder, kidney tumors; N-ras->melanomas, hematologic
L-myc
Transcription factor; Lung
N-myc
Transcription factor; neuroblastoma
ret
Tyrosine Kinase (neurotrophic growth factor); MEN IIA and IIB; papillary thyroid carcinoma
c-Kit
Cytokine receptor; GI stromal tumor
Rb
blocks G1->S by binding E2F; retinoblastoma
p53
glocks G1->S; most cancers
BRCA
DNA Repair; breast and ovarian
p16
Melanoma
APC
Associated with FAP, Colorectal cancer
WT1
Wilm’s tumor
DPC
Deleted in Pancreatic cancer
DCC
Deleted in colon cancer
HNCC
inactivation of DNA mismatch repair (microsatellite alterations)
Cyclin D
Mantle cell lymphoma t(11;14)
CDK4
Melanoma
PDGF-beta
Astrocytoma
TGF-alpha
Astrocytoma and hepatocellular carcinoma
HER2/neu
Growth factor receptor; breast tissue
Drugs with low therapeutic index
Lithium, digoxin, warfarin, phenobarbital
Cigarette smoke associated cancers
Lung (squamous and small cell), Oral (squamous laryngeal and squamous esophageal), Pancreatic, bladder, and renal cell
aflatoxin
mutation in p53, aspergillus in food -> hepatocellular carcinoma
Nitrosamines
gastric cancer
vinyl chloride
angiosarcoma of the liver
CCl4
liver disease
asbestos
mesothelioma and bronchogenic carcinoma (more commonly)
Naphthalene dyes
In moth balls -> transitional cell bladder cancer (along with smoking)
Alkylating agents
Leukemia
Arsenic
alloys, pesticides, squamous cell carrcinoma angiosarcoma
Li Fraumeni syndrom
AD inherited mutation in p53; have many cancer especially sarcomas, adrenal, neural etc.
DNA REPAIR DISEASES
HNPCC, Xeroderma pigmentosum (excision repair defect-unusaully sensitive to sunlight because can’t repair T-T dimers), Ataxia-telangiectasia (ataxia, telangiectasia, increased risk of lymphoma and leukemi)
Assoc. w what neoplasm: Down syndrome
ALL, AML
Assoc. w what neoplasm: Xeroderma pigmentosum; albinism
melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinomas of skin
Assoc. w what neoplasm: Atrophi gastritis, pernicious anemia, postsurgical gastric remnants
Gastric Adenocarcinoma
Assoc. w what neoplasm: Tuberous Sclerosis
Angiomyolipoma, rhabdomyoma, astrocytoma
Assoc. w what neoplasm: Actinic Keratosis
Skin squamous cell
Assoc. w what neoplasm: Barrett’s esophagus
Esophageal adenocarcinoma
Assoc. w what neoplasm: Plummer Vinson syndrome
Esophageal squamous carcinoma