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100

This is the procedure by which testicular cancer is diagnosed.

What is an inguinal orchiectomy? 

Do NOT biopsy the testes

100

This is the recommended treatment for Stage I seminoma (limited only to testes).

What is surveillance, 20 grays radiation, or 1-2 cycles of single agent carboplatin; 

guidelines recommend surveillance

100

What is the other name for Kadcyla?

What is TDM1 = traztuzumab emtansine

famtraztuzumab/TDXD = enhertu

100

These are risk factors for testicular cancer. 

What are Crytoprochicsm, Klinefelters, 47XXY, Isochromose 12p, famikly/personal hx of testes cancer, infertility?


100

These are contraindications to bleomycin

What are older age (>50) or reduced GFR, smoking hx also a consideration

200

This is recommended as part of staging if someone has a very high BHCG.

What is an MRI Brain?

For patients with a nonseminoma, a brain MRI should be performed if the patient has any of the following features:

beta-hCG is >5000 IU/L

Extensive lung metastasis

Predominant choriocarcinoma component

Neurologic symptoms

Non-pulmonary visceral metastasis 

AFP >10,000 ng/mL.

200

BEP X 3 or EP x 4 are options for this stage seminoma.

What is stage II (retroperitoneal lymph node) or good risk stage III (nonpulm mets)?
200

This is the risk level of prostate cancer at which one starts ADT.

What is unfavorable intermediate risk prostate cancer (and higher)?

Intermediate risk factors  T2B, Grade group 2 or 3 (Gleason score 7, 3+4, or 4+3 respectively), or PSA > 10-20?

Unfavorable intermediate risk: 2 or 3 intermediate risk factors, grade group 3 (4+3), > 50% of core biopsy positive

200

T/F Primary Mediastinal Seminoma is treated as good risk seminoma.

True

Primary Mediastinal Nonseminoma is treated as poor risk 

200

This makes someone a cisplatin candidate

What are 

Creatinine clearance > 60 

ECOG 0 or 1 

Hearing loss: There should be no grade 2 or higher hearing loss. 

Neuropathy: There should be no grade 2 or higher neuropathy. 

Heart failure: There should be no New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III heart failure. 

?



300

A patient with seminoma with retroperitoneal lymph nodes but normal tumor markers, represents this stage. 

Stage II

Staging 

1- Testes only, LVI increases risk of relapse

2 - retroperitoneal lymph nodes, afp < 1000, HCG < 5000

3 - pelvic lymph nodes, bone liver lung, OR if poor risk tumor markers 



300

This is the treatment for intermediate seminoma or intermediate/poor risk seminoma

BEP X 4 OR VIP X 4

300

This is the transplant criteria for patient's with HCC

What is single tumor < 5 cm or up to 3 tumors < 3 cm, no macrovascular invasion or metastasis; liver function does not matter.

Milan criteria

300

This is likely the diagnosis if you have a growing mass while a patient with nonseminoma is receiving chemotherapy 

What is growing teratoma syndrome?

Tx Surgery

300

If someone develops toxicity while on Bleomycin, this is the recommendation.

What is if good risk, drop bleomycin, if intermediate/poor then switch to iphosphamide

400

For advanced seminoma, this constitutes the risk stratification between good and intermediate risk seminoma.

What is the presence of non pulmonary mets?

Good - pulm mets only 

Intermediate - nonpulmonary mets

If primary mediastinal, then would treat as good risk

TUMOR MARKERS DO NOT MATTER

400

If you have residual disease in a seminoma patient, this is the next step of management.

What is a PET scan? 

If residual mass > 3 cm, do PET,

if negative surveil; If positive, biopsy  - Radiation, surgery or additional chemo EP x 2 or VIP

NO PET FOR NONSEMINOMA (radioresistant) - lymph node dissection instead

400

Alemtuzumab targets which CD?

What is CD52?

Elotuzmab targets SLAMF7

400

These are your options for Stage I nonseminoma 

What is surveillance or RPLND or chemo?

For stage IIa, 

if lymph nodes are less than 2 cm and less than 5 lymph nodes- observe

If > 2cm and > 6 lymph nodes - BEP X 2

400

Acute Myeloid Leukemia from topoisomerase inhibitors such as etoposide arise from this mutation.

What is 11q23?

500

These are the levels of AFP, HCG, LDH needed to classify one as poor risk nonseminoma. 

What is S3 - AFP > 10k, HCG > 50k, LDH > 10K?

S1 - AFP < 1000, HCG < 5000, LDH < 1.5 X upper limit

S2 - AFP - 1000-10K, HCG 5000 - 50K, LDH > 1.5

S3 - AFP > 10k, HCG > 50k, LDH > 10K

Good risk S1 or pulm mets only

Intermediate - pulm mets or S2

Poor risk - nonpulm mets and S3 or nonretroperitoneal, mediastinal primary 

500

These are salvage regimens for nonseminoma.

What is 

TIP - paclitaxel, iphosphamide and cisplatin

VEIP - vinblastine, iphosphamide, and cisplatin, followed by autologous transplant 

?

500

Of the following, these drugs are safe during 2nd/3rd trimester pregnancy (one is unclear)

Traztuzumab, Adriamycin, Cyclophosphamide, Paclitaxel

There are reports that trastuzumab can lead to oligohydramnios when it is administered to a pregnant patient. This medication is contraindicated to give to a pregnant patient who presents with Her2+ breast cancer. 

Adriamycin/Cyclophosphamide have both been shown to be safe to administer to a pregnant patient during the 2nd and 3rd trimesters of pregnancy. The safety of administering 

Taxol to a pregnant patient who has breast cancer is more unclear

500

Marijuana can increase this tumor marker level

What is BHCG?

500

These are side effects of iphosphamide

What are Myelosuppression, CNS toxicities (coma/death), Nephrotoxicity,  Hemorrhagic cystitis (Mesna to prevent), Interstitial pneumonitis, pulmonary fibrosis, and other forms of pulmonary toxicity, --Secondary malignancies, --Cardiotoxicity?