Slicey Dicey
A breast cancer patient has received neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by breast conserving surgery with SLNB. This is an indication to go back for axillary node dissection.
pyN+
This is the target for bevacizumab
What is VEGF?
This is the half life of I-125
What is 60 days?
These are the 6 canmeds roles, not including medical expert.
What are advocate, collaborator, communicator, leader, scholar, and professional?
In the context of scc of the left true vocal cord, the left cord is fixed on exam.
What is a T3 glottic larynx?
This is the surgery indicated for testicular cancer
What is a radical inguinal orchiectomy?
This systemic therapy can be used in unresectable BCC
Vismodegib
The name given to an element with the same total number of nucleons but different ratios
What is an isobar?
These are the layers of the bladder wall from inside to outside
What are mucosa, submucosa/lamina propria, muscularis propria/detrusor muscle, and serosa?
Invasive breast cancer involving the skin but not deep structures which does not meet the criteria for inflammatory is this T stage.
What is T4b?
These structures are removed in a Whipple
What are the head of the pancreas, duodenum, proximal jejunum, distal stomach, gallbladder, and common bile duct?
This is the mechanism of taxanes
What is microtubule stabilization?
These 3 factors affect the overall exposure to a radioactive source
What are time, distance, and sheilding?
This triad of clinical exam findings may be seen in a patient with an apical lung tumor
What are ipsilateral ptosis, miosis, and facial anhidrosis (Horner's syndrome)?
Will also give credit for shoulder pain, muscle wasting of ipsi hand, and ipsi Horner's (Pancoast syndrome)
This feature automatically makes a bladder cancer stage IIIA
Node positivity
These structures are removed in a cystectomy in a female patient.
What are entire urethra, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, cervix, and vaginal cuff.
A NSCLC patient with an EGFR mutation may receive this drug
What is Osimertinib? (would also accept gefitinib)
These are the 4 components that contribute to beam penumbra
What are geometric penumbra, physical penumbra, transmission, and scatter?
This nerve passes through the foramen ovale
What is V3?
This is the overall stage of a 2.5cm NSCLC with a positive station 7 lymph node
What is IIIA?
These additional lymph nodes are resected in a D2 gastrectomy
What are the celiac axis (9), common hepatic (8), left gastric (7), splenic (10), and splenic hilum (11)?
This drug, commonly used in breast cancer, may be the taxane of choice for a patient who is recovering from alcohol use disorder.
What is nab-paclitaxel?
These supportive treatments/interventions can be given in the event of a radiation accident (at least 2)
What are potassium iodide, prussian blue, DTPA, GCSF, decontamination, supportive care.
This nerve may cause referred otalgia for laryngeal cancers
What is the vagus (X) nerve?
This is the Barcelona stage for an HCC with ECOG 0, Child-Pugh B, and distant mets.
What is Advanced stage (C)?