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1.42: Neoplasia

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    1. Elevations of which enzyme are usually associated with prostate cancer:
      1. alkaline phosphatase
      2. creatine kinase
      3. lactic dehydrogenase
      4. prostate-specific antigen
      5. terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase
    2. Prognosis of patients with breast cancer is often correlated with:
      1. liver enzyme levels
      2. prostate-specific antigen levels
      3. terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase levels
      4. estrogen and progesterone receptor tissue levels
      5. phenotypic heterogeneity
    3. Estrogen receptors are useful to assess prognosis of which types of cancer?
      1. breast
      2. liver
      3. colon
      4. lymphocytes
      5. germ cell
    4. The leading cause of cancer deaths for both males and females is lung cancer?
      1. True
      2. False

    Use the following Key to answer Questions 5-10.

    1. 1, 2, and 3 are correct
    2. 1 and 3 are correct
    3. 2 and 4 are correct
    4. only 4 is correct
    5. all are correct
    1. Cancer is a long-term process and goes through obligatory phases; these include:
      1. induction phase
      2. In Situ phase
      3. invasion phase
      4. dissemination phase
    2. Screening tests for cancer include:
      1. cytological analysis of urine
      2. mammography
      3. Papanicolaou smear
      4. testing of stool for occult blood
    3. The antigens associated with monitoring of cancer include:
      1. carcenoembryonic antigen
      2. alpha-fetoprotein
      3. prostate specific antigen
      4. breast cancer antigen
    4. Measurement of tumor antigens is most useful for:
      1. screening for cancers
      2. classifying cancers
      3. diagnosis
      4. monitoring cancer
    5. Oncogenes (protooncogenes) are:
      1. normal cell genes
      2. tumor antigen genes
      3. genes associated with cancer
      4. related to risk for tumor metastasis
    6. For which of the following populations might it be reasonable to screen for breast cancer genes??
      1. All women
      2. Women of Ashkenazi-Jewish background
      3. Women with elevated CEA levels
      4. Women who are members of high-risk families with history of breast cancer.
    Answer
    1. d (p. 968)
    2. d (p. 969)
    3. a (p. 969)
    4. a (p. 962)
    5. e (p. 963)
    6. e (p. 964)
    7. e (p. 966)
    8. d (p. 965-966)
    9. b (p. 962)
    10. d (p. 970)

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