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WEEK 5 - Malignancies Flashcards

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What is apoptosis?

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Natural programmed cell death

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What is necrosis?

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Cell death due to injury or disease progression

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What is the cell cycle and what does it consist of?

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The division of one parent cell into two daughter cells

Consists of interphase and the mitotic phase

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Describe the three subphases of interphase

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G1 = growth phase, new daughter cells grow to adult size and duplicate organelles
S = DNA synthesis phase, DNA replicates
G2 = 2nd growth phase, cells grow and more organelles are added to the cytoplasm
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What is mitosis?

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Nuclear division such that each daughter cell has the same DNA as the parent cell

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Cancer is characterised by?

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Uncontrolled reproduction of cells that can arise from ANY cell type

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Why does risk of cancer increase with age?

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Incidence of gene mutations via epigenetic and genetic mechanisms increases

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What is epigenetics?

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Environmental factors that can turn genes on or off - changes how genes are read but does not change the actual gene itself

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What is a neoplasm?

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A new growth, swelling or tumour, may be benign (well differentiated) or malignant (poorly differentiated)

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What is an adenocarcinoma?

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A cancer arising from the glandular epithelium

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What is a sarcoma?

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Cancer arising from connective tissue

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What is a lymphoma?

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Cancer arising from lymphatic tissue

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What is leukemia?

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Cancer of white blood cells, proliferation of cancerous WBCs

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What are the defining characteristics of cancers?

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  • Have autonomy, ca produce their own growth factors and blood vessels, survive independently
  • Have an unlimited life span - vary in size and shape (pleomorphic), lack apoptosis due to telomerase
  • Are anaplastic - loss of differentiation, lack organisation, internal structure is not recognisable
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What are neoplastic markers?

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Substances produced by neoplastic cells, can also be produced by benign cells.

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Describe the four stages of cancer?

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  1. Confined to tissue of origin
  2. Locally invasive - poorly differentiated cells present
  3. Spreads to regional structures such as lymph nodes
  4. Metastasis to distant sites
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17
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Define carcinogenesis

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The transformation of healthy cells to malignant cells.
Triggered by gene mutations as a result of risk factors, mutations stimulate growth promoting pathways and inhibit host antigrowth signals

18
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What are risk factors for cancer? (x7)

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  1. Chronic inflammation
  2. Viruses and bacteria
  3. Smoking
  4. Alcohol
  5. Radiation
  6. Obesity
  7. Physical inactivity
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Symptoms of cancer?

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  1. Pain
  2. Fatigue - unknown mechanism
  3. Weight loss - altered metabolism, loss of fat stores and muscle
  4. Infections - decreased granulocytes and lymphocytes
  5. Blood dyscrasias - anaemia (chronic bleeding), thrombocytopenia (cancer in bone marrow), leukopenia (cancer in bone marrow)
20
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Describe the physiology of the pain response

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Stimulation of nociceptors under the dermis and within deep tissues
Mediated by substance P, PGs, histamines and bradykinin
Arises from actual or potential tissue damage

21
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How is cancer pain managed?

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ALWAYS with opioid and narcotic analgesics

22
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MOA of morphine?

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Acts on mu-receptors in the CNS = reduces pain transmission, slow onset
Longer duration than fentanyl due to high water solubility

23
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MOA of fentanyl?

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Mainly acts on mu-receptors in the CNS, more potent than morphine due to high lipid solubility
Short onset and duration of analgesia

24
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MOA of heroin?

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Morphine analogue

Rapidly converted to morphine, greater lipid solubility, can cross the BBB

25
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MOA of bupenorphine?

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For terminal cancer pain

Partial agonist of mu-receptors = strong analgesic effects

26
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What three blood abnormalities occur in cancer?

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  • Anaemia
  • Leukopenia
  • Thrombocytopenia
27
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How do chemotherapy drugs work?

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  • Target cell cycle and metabolic pathways = aim to kill cells that are in interphase or that are dividing
  • Using more than one chemo drug = synergistic effects
  • Chemo drugs have a narrow therapeutic effects and a low therapeutic index
28
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Side effects of antineoplastic agents?

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  • Bone marrow suppression
  • Decreased WBCs
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Hair loss
29
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What do alkylating and platinum drugs do?

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Interfere with cellular replication (cell cycle)

30
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What does doxyrubicin do?

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Inhibits DNA and RNA synthesis

31
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What does bleomycin do?

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Inhibits DNA and to a lesser extent RNA synthesis. Also breaks DNA strands via ROS

32
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What do antimetabolites do and what are the three subgroups?

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Incorporate into DNA during replication - misreading of DNA = DNA breakage, acts on dividing cells

Subgroups:

  1. Folic acid analogues
  2. Pyrimidine analogues
  3. Purine analogues
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Adverse effects of antimetabolites?

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  • Bone marrow suppression
  • N & V
  • GI damage
34
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What are the two types of hormonal antineoplastics?

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  • Antiandrogenic

- Antioestrogenic

35
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How does chronic inflammation cause cancer?

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Induces growth factors = gene mutations and cellular proliferation
Induces ROS = increases DNA damage

36
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How do viruses and bacteria cause cancer?

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Trigger inflammation

37
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How does smoking cause cancer?

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Increases inflammation and induces CRP that isn’t normally present in blood unless there is an inflammatory response

38
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How does alcohol cause cancer?

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Increases the concentration of acetaldehyde = induction of cytochrome P450 = increases ROS = causes altered cell cycle

39
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Radiation inducing damage to DNA and thus causing cancer depends on?

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Dose
Repair mechanisms
Antioxidants

40
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How does obesity cause cancer?

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By increasing:

  • Free fatty acids
  • Tumour necrosis factors (TNF)
  • Insulin resistance
  • Insulin-like growth factors (IGF)

By decreasing:
- Sex hormone binding globulins (SHBGs) = unbound hormones able to decrease apoptosis and anti-cancer mechanisms in sex hormone sensitive tissues

41
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How does physical inactivity cause cancer?

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By promoting insulin resistance and IGFs, decreasing SHBGs, increasing cytokine and inflammatory mediator production

42
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Regardless of antineoplastic agents used, what should be monitored in cancer patients?

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  • Blood count

- Renal and liver function

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