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located in epidermis
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located in dermis
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originated from the neural crest
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originated from adipoblasts
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dendritic cells
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pseudo-unipolar cells
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place of melanin anabolism
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place of melanin catabolism
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Which of the following is the correct pathway of melanin synthesis?
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Tyrosine (oxidaton by tyrosinase) --> di-hydroxy phenylalanine (oxidation by tyrosinase) --> melanin
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Tyrosine (oxidaton by tyrosinase) --> di-hydroxy methylmelanin (oxidation by tyrosinase) --> melanin
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Tyrosinase (oxidaton by tyrosine) --> di-hydroxy methyllalanine (reduction by tyrosine) --> melanin
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Di-hydroxy methylalanine (oxidaton by tyrosinase) --> tyrosine (reduction by tyrosinase) --> melanin
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Di-hydroxy methylalanine (oxidaton by tyrosine) --> tyrosinase (reduction by tyrosine) --> melanin
Pregunta 3
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What are the three most common types of skin cancer?
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Which of the following is the commonest skin cancer
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basal cell carcinoma
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squamous cell carcinoma
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malignant melanoma
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Which of the following is the easiest skin cancer to treat
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squamous cell carcinoma
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basal cell carcinoma
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malignant melanoma
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Squamous cell carcinoma rarely metastasises.
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Melanoma is the most common cancer in elderly
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Melanoma metastises
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Melannoma is the moset rapidly increasing common cancer type
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What are the predisposing factors for melanoma?
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The types of melanoma are
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Nodular Melanoma
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Acral lentiginous melanoma
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Lentigo maligna melanoma
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Superficial spreading
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Lego malaria melanoma
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Occular mesenchymous melanoma
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Cranial melanoma
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Chronic hepatocyte melanoma
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ABCD rule in melanoma diagnosis stands for
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A – aplasticity
B – Border irregularity
C – colour
D – distance
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A – asymmetry
B – Border irregularity
C – colour
D – diameter
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A – asymmetry
B – Border integrity
C – change in size
D – distance
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A – aplasticity
B – basal cell symetry
C – colour
D – diameter
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A – aplasticity
B – Border integrity
C – change in size
D – distance
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Initial diagnosis of melanoma is performed by
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Common antibodies used in diagnosis of melanoma by immunohistochemistry include
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Melan M
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Melan A
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HMB 45
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S 100
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CDK 150
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JK 480
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Diagnosis of melanoma is performed by
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Melanin does not always have to be present in melanoma
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In histological examination of melanoma, which if the following are typically observed?
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Prominent nucleoli
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Missing nucleoi
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Irregular nucleoi
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Popcorn cells
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Reed-Strenberg cells
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Large cells
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Small cells
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Special stains are the most common diagnostic tool in melanomas
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Special stains can be used for the diagnosis of amelanotic melanomas
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Immunohistochemistry can be used for the diagnosis of amelanotic melanomas
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Immunocytochemistry is used in diagnosis of melanoma in
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Difficult cases
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Metastasis
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Micro invasion
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None of the above
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All of the above
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Reed-Sternberg melanoma
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The target protein for S100 is [blank_start]not specific for melanoma[blank_end], HMB45 is [blank_start]sometimes absent from melanomas[blank_end] and Melan A is sometimes found in [blank_start]non-melanoma tumours[blank_end].
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Clinical staging is based on
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Breslow [blank_start]depth[blank_end] measures the [blank_start]thickness of tumour[blank_end] whereas Clark [blank_start]levels[blank_end] measure the [blank_start]depth of invasion[blank_end]. Breslow method is [blank_start]more accurate[blank_end] than Clark method.
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depth
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thickness of tumour
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levels
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depth of invasion
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more accurate
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less accurate
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Clinical staging does NOT rely on the histological measurement of
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Ulceration
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Lymphoid infiltration
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Mitotic activity
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Vascular ivasion
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Dendritic necrosis
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Microscopic satellites
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Treatment of melanoma is the same regardless of the stage
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Treatment of melanoma can include the removal of
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all metastases
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sentinel lymph node/s
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primary tumour, minimum 5mm
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primary tumour, minimum 2mm
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all moles
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Biological therapy of melanoma often consists of
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BRAF inhibitor drug regimes
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Interleukin alpha inhibitor drug regime
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Low salt and fat intake diet
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Broad spectrum drugs
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Localised irradiation
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BRAF 600 gene is found in about half the melanoma patients
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Punch skin biopsy is the only method of obtaining histological tissue for diagnosis of melanoma.