Case 7: Grace Tran - Cancer Staging + Treatments

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Malignant Potential

Benign: No metastasis

  • Resembles tissue of origin

Malignant: Metastasis potential

  • Poor differentiation

  • Rapid growth + infiltration


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Tissue of Origin: Epithelium

Benign: -oma

Malignant: Carcinoma

Ex:

  • Adenocarcinoma: Glandular

  • Squamous cell carcinoma


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Tissue of Origin: Connective Tissue

Benign: -oma

Malignant: Sarcoma

Ex:

  • Osteosarcoma

  • Liposarcoma


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Tissue of Origin: Melanocytes

Benign: Nevus

Malignant: Melanoma

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Tissue of Origin: Hematopoietic Tissue

Malignant: Leukemia

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Tissue of Origin: Lymphoid Tissue

Malignant: Lymphoma

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Tissue of Origin: Germ Cells

Benign: Mature teratoma

Malignant: Immature teratoma

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Cancer Staging: Types

Clinical + Radiological

Pathological

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Clinical + Radiological Staging

cTNM

Staging based on info during diagnosis

  • History + physical

  • Imaging

  • Biopsies


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Pathological Staging

pTNM

Supplement/modify staging based on histopathological exam

More accurate

  • Refine prognosis

  • Guide treatment