Midterm Flashcards
(46 cards)
most common mets for women
breast cancer 70%
most common mets for men
prostate cancer 60%
6 most common cancers to metastasize to bone
breast, prostate, lung (+++)
kidney, thyroid, bowel
3rd most common site of metastatic carcinoma
bone
Where most bone tumors occurs?
metaphysis
what 3 tumors occur in the diaphysis?
MM
Ewings
Reticulum cell sarcoma
What two tumors occur in the epiphysis?
GCT
chondroblastoma
Define MOCEF
Multiple myeloma Osteosarcoma Chondrosarcoma Ewing's sarcoma Fibrosarcoma
most common tumor <30yo
Osteosarcoma
most common tumor <10yo
Ewing’s
what is more common than all the MOCEF tumors put together?
mets
when do almost all benign tumors begin?
before the age of 30?
what is the benign tumor that occurs after the age of 30? how old?
GCT
20-40
age of onset MM
> 40
age of onset Osteosarcoma
<30
age of onset Chondrosarcoma
30-60
age of onset Ewing’s
<30
age of onset Fibrosarcoma
> 40
How do tumor-like conditions usually appear?
like geographic lesions
what are the 3 benign primary tumors we are concerned with?
osteoma
osteoid ostemos
osteoblastoma
what is garner’s syndrome?
multiple hamartomas in fibrous and soft tissue
define hamartoma
tumor-like mass made of the same tissue as the host tissue but without function
what accompanies the hamartomas in garner’s syndrome?
colonic polyps
what is absolutely necessary for someone with garner’s syndrome? why?
annual colonoscopies. They have a 100% chance of getting colon cancer.
