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1
Q

What is the 5 year survival rate of Lung cancer?

A

~ 15%

2
Q

List some causes of lung cancer:

A
  • Smoking
  • Asbestos
  • Radon exposure
  • Occupational carcinogens ie Chromium/Nickel/Arsenic
  • Genetic factors
3
Q

What are some signs/symptoms of a primary lung cancer?

A

MOST COMMONLY ASYMPTOMATIC

  • Cough
  • Dyspnoea
  • Wheezing
  • Haemoptysis
  • Lung infection
  • Chest/Shoulder pain
  • Weight loss
  • Lethargy/malaise
4
Q

Why may patients with lung cancer have a bloated face?

A

Obstruction of superior vena cava = local oedema

5
Q

Why may patients with lung cancer develop a hoarse voice?

A

Tumour may damage the left recurrent laryngeal nerve, which innervates left vocal cord

6
Q

What is the most common cause of finger clubbing?

A

Hypoxaemia

7
Q

What conclusion can you make about someones lung cancer if they have pale conjunctiva?

A

Cancer has metastasised to bone

= decreased blood cell production

8
Q

Describe horners’ syndrome:

A
  • Miosis
  • Partial ptosis
  • Hemifacial loss of sweating

Due to interrupted sympathetic nerve supply to eye

9
Q

What are the differential diagnoses of a dense consolidation ‘lump’ seen on a chest xray?

A
  • Fat
  • Infection
  • Scar
  • Cyst
  • Tumour
10
Q

What system is use to stage lung cancer?

A

TNM staging system

11
Q

Which 2 types of lung cancers are usually caused by smoking?

A

1) Small cell carcinoma

2) Squamous cell carcinoma

12
Q

Which lung cancer is often associated with ectopic ADH and ACTH secretion?

A

Small cell carcinoma

13
Q

Which 2 syndromes may be caused by ectopic hormone secretions from a small cell lung cancer? What are the hormones?

A

1) SIADH due to ectopic ADH

2) Cushing’s syndrome due to ectopic ACTH

14
Q

Which lung cancer is associated with PTHrP secretion?

What does this cause?

A

Squamous cell carcinoma

Hypercalcaemia

15
Q

What is the most common type of lung cancer in non-smokers?

A

Adenocarcinoma

16
Q

Which type of lung cancer has the best prognosis (slow-growing)?

A

Adenocarcinoma

17
Q

What type of lung cancer is undifferentiated and lacks the diagnostic features of the other lung cancers?

A

Large cell carcinoma

18
Q

Where do lung cancers typically metastasise to?

A
  • Brain
  • Bones
  • Liver
  • Adrenal glands
19
Q

Which type of lung cancer is most likely to be operable?

A

Small cell lung cancer

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