Some of the tumors you may never have heard of.
Join us on the Common Rounds as we go through tumors commonly found in the mediastinum!
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Category: Oncology
Onco 7 – BRCA 1/2 and you – Breast Cancers
One male breast cancer for every hundred female breast cancer cases. Should I worry?
Onco 6 – Upper GIT Cancers
My boiling cup of tea can give me oesophageal cancer whaaaaaaa?
Join us on the Common Rounds as we discuss the common cancers that can occur in the upper GIT.
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Onco 5 – Colorectal Cancers
In this episode we talk about what is probably becoming the most important cancer in our society today.
Come meet the hero that would never be an Avenger!
Teaching Med students the side effects of chemo drugs
Meet Captain Chemo-tox! The guy who’ll probably never be an Avenger.
Superpower? Crazy suit and costume that shows us the side effects of chemo drugs!
Ears – Cisplatin/Carboplatin (Acoustic nerve damage)
Arms, legs – Vincristine (Peripheral neuropathy)
Lungs – Bleomycin, Busulfan –> Pulmonary fibrosis
Heart – Doxorubicin, Trastuzumab (Cardiotoxicity)
Kidneys – Cisplatin/Carboplatin (nephrotoxicity)
Bladder – Cyclophosphamide (hemorrhagic cystitis)
Bone – 5-FU, 6-MP, Methotrexate (myelosuppression)
Thank you… Captain? You made my life just that little bit easier… hmm
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Onco 4 – Genetics of Colorectal Cancers
Colorectal cancer sequence – adapted from Robbins and Cotran Pathological Basis of Disease 9th ed
Find out the genetic component of the pathogenesis of colorectal cancers
Onco 3 – Familial Neoplasms – Cancers that run in the family
Learn what you need to know about cancers with a familial link!
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Cancer 1 – The basics you can’t miss
You know we love to get the basics down pat. We’ve compiled some information that you MUST know about before you learn about the area of oncology.
Heme #14 – The two Acute Leukemias – AML and ALL
What do you know about the AML and ALL? What is the difference between the two diseases? What do they have in common?
We’ve got some simple ways to help memorize the difference between the two conditions. Listen in to find out!
Heme 13 – Basics of Leukemia
Before we dive into AML,ALL, CML, CLL, LAD and any other lymphoid neoplasms, we should know about the basics.
Join us on the Common Rounds to learn some foundation knowledge on leukemia.
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