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Oesophageal Cancer subtypes and associated distribution?

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Squamous cell carcinoma (proximal third)
Adenocarcinoma (distal, GEJ)

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Oesophageal cancer subtypes and associated risk factors?

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SCC:
- Smoking
- Excvessive etoh
- HPV (weak)

Adeno
- Barrett’s
- Obesity
- Smoking
- Absence of H pylori

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Hereditary Oesophageal cancer syndromes?

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Howel Evans Syndrome
- AD, RHBDF2 gene

NEPPK (non-epidermolytic palmoplantar keratosis)
- Essentially howel-Evans syndrome without the palmoplantar keratosis
- AD, RHBDF2 gene

Familial Barretts oesophagus
- AD

Bloom Syndrome
- AR, BLM/RECQL3 gene

Fanconi Anaemia
- AR
- BRCA2, FANCD1, FANCN gene

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Main type of gastric cancer and subtypes?

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95% Gastric Ca are adenocarinomas
2 main subtypes:
- Intestinal - most common, well differentiated. Chronic inflammatory process fro chronic gastritis -> cancer. Elderly male. Good prognosis
- Diffuse - Undifferentiated, located in proximal stomach. Associated with lichen plastica. Poor prognosis

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Hereditary gastric cancer syndromes (some also associated with other forms of cancers ie CRC)?

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Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer
- AD
- CDH1 gene
- Need prophylactic gatrectomy

Lynch Syndrome (aka HNPCC)
- AD
- EPCAM, MLH1, MSH2, MSH 6, PMS2

Juvenile possibly syndrome (JPS)
- AD
- SMAD4, BMPR1A

Peutz Jegher syndrome (PJS):
- AD
- STK11

Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP)
- AD
- APC gene

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Treatment for Resectable oesophageal and gastric cancers?

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Oesophageal / GEJ:
- neoadjuvant carboplatin/paclitaxel, resection, adjuvant immunotherapy

GEJ / gastric:
- Perioperative chemo (FLOT4)

Gastric:
- Adjuvant capecitabine plus oxaliplatin (CAPOX) chemo

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Treatment for unresectable oesophageal cancers?

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Definitive chemotherapy with platinum + flurouracil

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Treatment for advanced / metastatic esophageal / gastric cancers?

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HER2 Negative ~80%
- 1st line - a platinum + fluropyrimidine + immunotherapy

HER2 amplified - IHC 3+, or IHC 2+ / ISH +ve (~20%)
- 1st line - a platinum + fluropyrimidine + trantuzumab

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Two types of dumping syndrome and their associated symptoms?

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Early Dumping - occurs 30 mins post meal
- Cause - hyperosmolar content into small bowel draws water in
- GIT Sx - abdo discomfort, nausea, dia, bloating
- Vasomotor symptoms - Flushing, palp / tachycardia, sweating

Late Dumping - occurs after several hours
- Cause - carb dump leading to hyper insulin state and hypoglycemia
- GIT Sx: - Hypoglycemia
Vasomotor Symptoms - tired, faint, hunger, sweatign (low BSL Sx)

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Dumping syndrome management?

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Lifestyle and diet modification:
- small regular meals, rather than big meals
- delay fluid intake until at least 30 mins following meal
- Avoid high GI carbs
- Lie down after meal - avoids hypovolaemia symptoms

Pharm
- Short acting somatostatin anologues (ie octreotide)
- Acarbose in late dumping (nil effect in early dumping)

Surgical
- Nil

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Pancreatic cancer most common location?

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70% located in panc head

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Pancreatic cancer subtypes?

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Adenocarcinoma (95%)
NET (5%)

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Pancreatic cancer risk factors?

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Smoking
heavy etoh
high BMI
Long term DM

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Inherited GIT cancer syndromes that increase risk of pancreatic cancer?

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Familial component in 10% of cases of pancreatic cancer cases
- Peutz-Jegher syndrome
- Lynch syndrome
- BRCA1/2 mutation - more so BRCA2 mutation

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Explain the role of BRCA genes and PARP proteins and the MOA of PARP inhibitors?

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BRCA1/2 are tumor suppressor genes that play a fundamental role in a DNA repair pathway called homologous recombination repair
Mutations can be germline or somatic (tumor only) variants

PARPs are a large family of proteins which facilitate DNA repair in pathways involving single strand breaks.
Inhibition of PARPs with a PARP inhibitor leads to accumulation of single strand breaks which eventually results in double strand breaks (synthetic lethality)
- therefore PARP inhibitors are only good in pts with BRCA mutations

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What is synthetic lethality?

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Synthetic lethality is a type of genetic interaction where the combination of two genetic events results in cell death or death of an organism
For example, combination of BRCA1/2 mutation and PARP inhibition leads to cell death

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Pancreatic cancer prognosis and treatment?

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Very poor prognosis even if early Dx

Treatment:
- resectable - upfront surgery followed by adjuvant chemo
- Boarderline resectable - consider neoadjuvant chemo followed by surgery (emerging)
- Locally advance / metastatic - chemoradiotherapy / systemic therapy

Olaparib is associated with significant increase in PFS in metastatic pancreatic cancer compared to placebo

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Pancreatic cancer complications?

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Biliary obstruction (common, 70%)
- Biliary stenting or PTC insertion

Gastric outlet obstruction (10-25%)
- Enteric stenting, PEJ tube insertion
- Duodenal bypass surgery if prognosis >3-6 months

Tumor associated abdo pain
- usually due to coeliac plexus involvment
- Consider coeliac plexus neurolysis (block that results in damage to nerves) / radiotherapy

Thromboembolic disease
- very thrombotic cancer. currently no need for prophylactic anticoagulation

GI bleeding

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Gastro intestinal stromal tumours (GIST) basic details?

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Mesenchymal tumour related to connective tissue / smooth muscle

Rare cancer, but most common form of GI sarcoma
Occurs in stomach (50-60%), small intestines (30-40%), but can arise anywhere in GI tract

Characterized by spindle shaped cells

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Genetic mutation associated with GIST?

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95% express KIT
- activating mutation in KIT or PDGFRA gene

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Treatment of GIST?

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Imatinib -> dose escalation -> sunitinib -> regorafenib -> ripretinib

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Risk factors for HCC?

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Major risk factor is chronic liver disease:
- HBV
- HCV
- Chronic etoh consumption
- NAFLD (including NASH)
- genetic haemochromatosis

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What does HCC screening involve and who should be screened?

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HCC screening in at risk individuals (ie pts with CLD)
Screening involves 6 monthly AFP and liver USS

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Diagnosis of HCC?

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HCC is one of the only cancers that can be Dx based on imaging (nil tissue required)
- Quad phase CT - single lesion with arterial hypervascularity and wash out on portal venous phase

Other components of Dx include:
- rising AFP
- Biopsy in selected cases

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Treatment of HCC?
Resection or transplantation (curative potential) Locoregional therapies (nil curative but can be bridge to curative therapies) - TACE, ablation, RT Systemic therapies in pts with unresectable metastatic HCC (advanced disease) - Atezolizumab (PDL1) + bevacizumab (VEGF). Otherwise Lenvatinib (VEGFR1,2,3) or sorafenib - Not much benefit with systemic cytotoxic chemo - Systemic therapy only offered to CPA cirrhosis pts (not decompensated disease)
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Transplant criteria for HCC?
Milan criteria or UCSF criteria UCSF criteria: - single nodule <6.5cm diameter -
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Colorectal Cancer histological variants?
Adenocarcinoma (>90%) Mucinous signet ring carcinoma
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Classification / main types of CRC?
Sporadic (60-65%) Familial (25%) - familial association however nil identified gene defects Hereditary - HNPCC - FAP
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Main features in CRC carcinogenesis?
Chromosomal instability (CIN) - errors during mitosis leading to abnormalities in chromosomal number and structure CpG island Methylator Phenotype (CIMP) - MLH1 promotor hypermethylation Microsatelite instability (MSI) - Loss of MMR genes (MLH1, MSH2 - CIMP and MSI are strongly corrolated - BRAF mutation strongly associated with sporadic CRC (ie BRAF mut = sporadic)
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Gene defects in HNPCC / Lynch syndrome?
Mutations in MMR genes: MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2 - MSH2 and MLH1 are in >90% of cases
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Basic details of HNPCC / lynch syndrome?
AD inheritance, high penetrance Results in right sided colon cancer Often poorly differentiated, mucinous and infiltrating lymphocytes MMR gene defects: MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2
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Diagnostic criteria for HNPCC / Lynch Syndrome?
Amsterdam criteria (3-2-1 rule) - at least 3 relative with any lynch syndrome associated cancer - at least 2 consecutive generations affected - at least one relative Dx before age of 50yrs
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Surveillance and surgery in HNPCC / Lynch syndrome?
Surveillance from age of 25yrs, or 5 years younger than youngest affected family member Surveillance C scope every 1-2 years Surgical management with extended colectomy (subtotal or total colectomy preferred) Annual survailence of residual colon NSIAD chemoporphylaxis (aspirin 600mg daily)
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Basic details of FAP? Associated cancers?
AD inheritance, high penetrance Results in 100s of distal left sided polyps from adolescence Risk of CRC is 100% at age >40yrs Other associated cancers - papiliary thyroid - Gastric - Ileal Carcinoid
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Gene defect in FAP?
Germline APC mutation
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Surveillance and surgery in FAP?
Endoscopic survailence from age 10-15yrs (or earlier if GI symptoms) Sigmoidoscpy sufficient due to predominate left sided polyps Colectomy usually between age 15 and 25yrs NSAID chemoprophylaxis when surgery inappropriate
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Population screening for CRC?
FOBT every 2 years from age 50 - 74yrs Low participation 40% of population currently
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Treatment of CRC?
Locally advanced (stage II or III) disease - Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, followed by surgery (total mesorectal excision) +/- adjuvant chemotherapy - Total neoadjuvant therapy involves systemic chemo and chemoradiation before surgery (ie systemic chemo with Folfirinox, then cRT, then surgery) Folfirinox = folinic acid, furouricil, irinotecan, oxaliplatin Locally advances (stage II or III) disease with "high risk" features - High risk features include: T4 disease, poorly differentiated, presence of obstruction, perforation etc - Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, followed by surgery (total mesorectal excision) + adjuvant chemotherapy - Adjuvant chemo with 3-6/12 fluropyrimidine (5-FU/capecitabine) + oxaliplatin - limited role for irinotecan / bevacizumab / EGFRi in adjuvant setting Advanced / metastatic CRC - targeted therapies - mCRC with KRAS mutation (KRAS found in 70% of mCRC) -> KRASi (Divarasib) +/- EGFRi - mCRC with EGFR mutation -> first line chemo + EGFRi (cetuximab, panitumumab) - mCRC with VEGF mutation -> first line chemo + VEGFi (Bevacizumab) - mCRC with BRAF mutation -> BRAFi (encorafenib) + EGFRi (cetuximab) + MEKi (Binimetinib) - mCRC with MSI-h -> 1st line PD-1 inhibitor (pembrilizumab)
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Common GIT chemotherapy agents related toxicities?
Fluropyrimidines (5-FU, capecitibine, etc) - Diarrhoea, hand foot syndrome, coronary artery vasospasm Oxaplatin - Acute neurotoxicity agrevated by exposure to cold - cold induced pharyngolaryngeal dysesthesia
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EGFR cancer pathway downstream components?
EGFR (cell surface receptor) KRAS BRAF V600E MEK ERK Activation leading to stimulation of cell growth and cancer

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