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Male Reproductive and Genitourinary Tumors

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High gleason score for prostate cancer   Poorly differentiated tumor, thus worse prognosis (Mosbys pg. 186)  
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Most common site of distant metastasis for prostate cancer   Bone (Mosbys pg. 185)  
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Prostate Specific Antigen   Found in seminal vesicle fluid and plasma that is produced by benign and malignant cells (V/D pg. 150)  
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Pattern of lymphatic spread for prostate cancer   Periprostatic and obturator nodes first involved followed by external iliac, hypogastric, common iliac, and periaortic nodes (W/L pg. 824)  
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75% of prostate cancers present in this location of the gland   Peripheral zone  
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Narrowing of opening of the prepuce that may cause penile cancer   Phimosis (W/L pg. 839)  
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White secretion that collects under the prepuce of the foreskin   Smegma (W/L pg. 839)  
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Most common site of metastatic spread for penile cancer   Inguinal nodes (W/L pg. 841)  
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Causes of testicular cancer   Cryptorchidism, Klinefelter syndrome, Mumps orchitis (Mosbys pg. 186)  
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Most common histology of testicular cancers   Seminoma (V/D pg. 158)  
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Most common lymph nodes involved in testicular cancer   Periaortic nodes along the lumbar vertebra and below the kidneys (V/D pg. 159)  
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Hockey stick treatment field   Seminomas with periaortic and ipsilateral inguinal area involvement (V/D pg. 161)  
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Radiation dose for seminomas   Very low (25 Gy) because of their extreme radiosensitivity (V/D pg. 160)  
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Signs and symptoms of painless mass/swelling, gynecomastia, infertility, back pain   Testicular cancer (Mosbys pg. 186)  
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Treatment techniques for seminomas   Orchiectomy followed by external beam radiation (V/D pg. 160)  
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Treatment techniques for nonseminomas   Orchiectomy followed by cisplatin based chemotherapy (W/L pg. 852)  
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Von Hippel Lindau disease associated with this type of cancer   Renal cell cancer (W/L pg. 854)  
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Location of kidneys   Retroperitoneal space between 11th rib and transverse process of L3- right kidney usually 1 to 2 cm lower than left (W/L pg. 854)  
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Most common sign of renal cell carcinoma   Gross or microscopic hematuria (W/L pg. 855)  
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Gerota’s fascia   Envelops kidney in its fibrous capsule and perinephric fat (W/L pg. 854)  
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Most common location of bladder cancer   Trigone (V/D pg. 145)  
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First route of spread for bladder carcinoma   Direct extension in and through bladder walls and muscle (Mosbys pg. 192)  
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Common lymphatics involved with bladder cancer   Common, external, internal iliac, and obturator (Mosbys pg. 192)  
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Distant metastasis of bladder cancer   First to bone then to liver, lung, and rarely skin (Mosbys pg. 192)  
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Location from which kidney cancers usually arise   Renal cortex (Mosbys pg. 280)  
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Histology of cancers manifesting in renal pelvis   Transitional cell (Mosbys pg. 280)  
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Histology of cancers manifesting in renal cortex   Adenocarcinoma (Mosbys pg. 280)  
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Intravenous pyelogram   Diagnostic study for kidney cancer (W/L pg. 855)  
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Chemotherapy agents used to treat transitional cell carcinoma of bladder, ureter, or renal pelvis   MVAC- methotrexate, vinblastine, Adriamycin, cisplatin (W/L pg. 857)  
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Cause of death from bladder cancer   Liver failure and uremia (Mosbys pg. 192)  
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