lung cancer clinical features and staging Flashcards
what percent of lung cancer patients are smoker
85%
what geneder is smoking more common in
males
what age is the highest proportion of cancers in
elderly - 80s and 98 yeaar olds
is m ortaily increasing or decreasing in lung cancers
decreasing
what risk factors other than smoking contribute to cancer
asbestos, radon, air pollution and desil exahust
what are the 10 clincail feautrs of lung cancer
chronic cough, coughting up blood, wheezing sound, chest and bone pain, chest infections, difficulty swallowing, raspy hoarse voice, shortness of breath, unexplained weight loss, nail clubbing
what are the symptons of metasticic cancer speead
bone pain, spinal courd compression (limb weakness, paraestheis, bladder and bowl dysfunction), cerebak metatis ( headaches, vomiting, dizziness, ataxia, focal weakness. thrombosis `
what are the signs of paraneoplisic
hyponatraemia, anaemia, hypercalcaemia, dermamyosistis, eaton - larbert syndrome, cerebellar ataxia, sensorimotor neuropathy
eaton lambert syndrom
immune system attacks the nervous system
dermatomyosistis
inflamation of musle tissues
what are the clincial signs of lung cancer
chest sings, clubbing, lymphadenopathy, horners syndrome, pancosat tumor, superior vena cava obstruction, hepatomegaly, skin nodules.
what is the initial investigations for lung cancer
cxr, fbc, renal and liver fucntions, clotting screen, spirometry
what is ebus
guiding a needle thorugh mri to drain a lymph node in broncial medal stienum
what tissue metastiac diagnois can be done
broncospcpy, ebus, image guided lung biopsy, image gudined liver biosby, fna of neck node or skin metastatis, excision of central mettstti, bone biopsy, mediastinoscpy/otomy
what type of scanners are sed for liver biopys
either ct or mri