Hematologic Malignancies Flashcards
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What is Lymphoma?
- Deals with Lymphatic System and the malignant transformation of lymphocytes [B-Cells]
What are the two main types of Lymphomea?
- Hodgkins [Reed-Sternberg Cells]
- Non-Hodgkinis
What is the pathophysiology of Hodgkins Lymphoma [HL]?
- Reed-Sternburg Cells; B-Cell transcriptions disupted [loss of immunoglobulin & lack of apoptosis]
- Overexpression of kB
What are some of the risk factors for Hodgkins?
- Epstein-Barr: Changes B Cell DNA
- Unable to remove the damages B Cells
What are some of the presentations for Hodgkins?
- Painless, Rubbery, enlarged Lymph Node
- B Symptoms: Fever, Sweaty, Weight Loss
- ICTHING
What is the way that we can diagnosis for Hodgkin?
- Excisional Biopsy [remove lymph]
- CT/PET scan
- Bone Marrow Biopsy
What is Ann Arbor Staging in Hodgkins?
- A = Aysmptomatic
- B = B Symtpoms
- Stage I –> IV: how many radiation fields are needed to treat
What are the classifications for Hodgkins?
- Early Stage Favorable: Stage I & II WITHOUT unfavorable factors
- Early Stage Unfavorable: Stage I & II WITH unfavorable factors
- Advanced Stage: Stage III & IV
What are some of the unfavorable factors that are used in classifications for Hodgkins?
- Large Adenopathy: infections of glands
- Multiple nodes
- B Symptoms
- Extranadol Involved
- ESR
What are the risk factors that go into the Internatinoal Prognostic Scre [IPS] for hodgkins?
- Albumin < 4
- Hemoglobin < 10.5
- Male
- Stage IV
- Age > 45
- WBC > 15,000
- Lymphocytes < 600
What are some of the treatment options for Hodgkins?
- CURE with minimizing toxicities and complications
- Chemo [ABVD or AAVD], Rads, Antuologus Stem Cell Transplant
What is the treatment by stage in Hodgkins?
- Favorable: ABVD + RT
- Unfavorable: ABVD +RT
- Stage III/IV: ABVD +/- RT, AAVD
What are the two main chemotherapy regimens that are used in Hodgkins?
- ABVD
- AAVD
What is in ABVD in Hodgkins?
- Doxorubicin, Bleomycin [Pulmonary Toxicites], Vinblastine, Dacarbazine x28d
What is in AAVD in Hodgkins?
- Doxorubicin, Brentuximab, Vinblastine, Dacarbazine [Myelosuppression & Neruopathy]
What do you do for Relasped Hodgkins?
- High does chemo with AUTOLOGOUS stem cell
- MAINTENANCE Bretuximab vedotin after
Breifly summarize what to do within Hodgkins disease?>
- Early Stage: Radiation, ABVD [2-4 cycles]
- Advanced Stage: ABVD or AAVD [6-8 cycles] {AAVD in younger patients with III or IV}
- Relasped: High dose chemotherapy then stem cell rescue
- Maintenance: Brentuximab
What is the Pathophysiology of Non-Hodgkins?
- Malignant B or T Lymphocytes that proliferate and replace nomral cells in the lymph nodes or bone marrow
- 85% B & 15% T
What are some of the Risk factors for Non-Hodgkins?
- Epstein-Barr Virus: change B cell DNA
- H. Pylori
- Herpes virus 8
How is Non-Hodgkins presented?
- Depends on location: B-cell [lymph node, spllen, bone marrow] & T-cell [skin or lungs]
- Leads to organ destruction [Lymphadenopathy]
What are some of the B Symtpoms?
- Fever
- Sweat
- Weight Loss
What is the way that we are able to dianosis Non-Hodgkins?
- Excisional Biopsy: remove lymph
- CT/PET scan
- Bone Marrow Biopsy
- LUMBER PUNCTURE: not in CNS
What are some of the main differences between Hodgkins and Non-Hodgkins?
- Hodgkins: Single group, Waldeyer ring rarely involved, Extranodal RARE
- Non-Hodgkins: Multiple groups, Waldeyer ring common, Extranodal common
What are some of the B-Cell Lymphomas in Non-Hodgkins?
- Indolent [25-40%]: Long survival & Incurable
- Aggressive [60-75%]: Rapid growth, short survival, CURABLE
- Highly Aggressive: Doubling Time 18hr, Curable [Burkitt’s]