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First Aid Basics

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1. Colorectal cancer (assoc with FAP) 5q tumor suppressor






2. Blood (leukemia)






3. Infections - inflammation - cancer - pregnancy - SLE






4. Tumor marker: thyroid medullary carcinoma






5. Neuroblastoma transcription factor (oncogene)






6. Sarcoma






7. Mature teratoma in men or malignant teratoma in M/F






8. AL






9. Melanoma 9p tumor suppressor






10. Breast and ovarian cancer 17q tumor suppressor (DNA repair protein)






11. Rhabdomyosarcoma






12. Tumor marker: (Normal in fetus). Hepatocellular carcinomas. Nonseminomatous germ cell tumors of the testis.






13. Malignant melanoma






14. Neurofibromatosis type 2 22q tumor suppressor (key type 2=22)






15. Visceral malignancy (stomach - lung - breast - uterus)






16. Female 13%/23% and rising Male 16%/33% (mortality has plateaued)






17. Colonic adenocarcinoma






18. Tumor marker: pancreatic adenocarcinoma






19. Liver (angiosarcoma)






20. Hyperplasia - metaplasia - dysplasia






21. Squamous cell carcinoma of skin






22. Vascular: E and P- selectin Leukocyte: Sialyl Lewis






23. Liposarcoma






24. Ligand - receptor interactions. Release of perforin and granzyme B.






25. Adenoma - papilloma






26. Tumor marker: neuroblastoma - lung and gastric cancer






27. Tumor marker: carcinoembryonic Ag Very nonspecific






28. Sarcoma - papillary thyroid cancer






29. Erythropoietin






30. Lung - breast - skin (melanoma) - kidney (renal cell carcinoma) - GI.50% brain tumors are from mets






31. Rhabdomyoma






32. Neutrophils (eos in the gut) - plus other granular leukocytes and antibodies.






33. Retinoblastoma - osteosarcoma 13q tumor suppressor (blocks G1 to S phase progression)






34. Secondary osteosarcoma and fibrosarcoma


35. Macrophages and lymphocytes. Persistant destruction and repair.






36. Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus






37. Hyperuricemia (excess NA turnover)






38. Leukemia - lymphoma






39. Lipoma






40. Esophageal adenocarcinoma


41. Tumor marker: melanoma - neural tumors - astrocytomas






42. Solid tissues with single blood supply. Heart - kidney and spleen.






43. ADH






44. Breast - ovarian and gastric carcinomas tyrosine kinase (oncogene)






45. Skin (SqCC) - liver (angiosarcoma)






46. Tumor marker: Screen for prostate carcinoma. Can also be elevated in BPH and prostatitis.






47. Hepatocellular carcinoma






48. Enzymatic degradation and protein denaturation due to exogenous injury. Inflammatory process where intracellular components extravasate.






49. Melanoma - basal cell carcinoma - and especially squamous cell carcinomas of the skin.






50. Bladder (transitional cell carcinoma)