1.42: Neoplasia
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- Elevations of which enzyme are usually associated with prostate cancer:
- alkaline phosphatase
- creatine kinase
- lactic dehydrogenase
- prostate-specific antigen
- terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase
- Prognosis of patients with breast cancer is often correlated with:
- liver enzyme levels
- prostate-specific antigen levels
- terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase levels
- estrogen and progesterone receptor tissue levels
- phenotypic heterogeneity
- Estrogen receptors are useful to assess prognosis of which types of cancer?
- breast
- liver
- colon
- lymphocytes
- germ cell
- The leading cause of cancer deaths for both males and females is lung cancer?
- True
- False
Use the following Key to answer Questions 5-10.
- 1, 2, and 3 are correct
- 1 and 3 are correct
- 2 and 4 are correct
- only 4 is correct
- all are correct
- Cancer is a long-term process and goes through obligatory phases; these include:
- induction phase
- In Situ phase
- invasion phase
- dissemination phase
- Screening tests for cancer include:
- cytological analysis of urine
- mammography
- Papanicolaou smear
- testing of stool for occult blood
- The antigens associated with monitoring of cancer include:
- carcenoembryonic antigen
- alpha-fetoprotein
- prostate specific antigen
- breast cancer antigen
- Measurement of tumor antigens is most useful for:
- screening for cancers
- classifying cancers
- diagnosis
- monitoring cancer
- Oncogenes (protooncogenes) are:
- normal cell genes
- tumor antigen genes
- genes associated with cancer
- related to risk for tumor metastasis
- For which of the following populations might it be reasonable to screen for breast cancer genes??
- All women
- Women of Ashkenazi-Jewish background
- Women with elevated CEA levels
- Women who are members of high-risk families with history of breast cancer.
- Answer
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- d (p. 968)
- d (p. 969)
- a (p. 969)
- a (p. 962)
- e (p. 963)
- e (p. 964)
- e (p. 966)
- d (p. 965-966)
- b (p. 962)
- d (p. 970)