Exam 23: Neoplastic Disease

What are the different stages of cancer according to the Tumor Node Metastases (TNM) Staging System?

What does the term cachexia mean?

What are the three deadliest cancers in American men (most mortality)?

Describe the GI side effects of chemotherapy and how they can be managed.

Nausea and vomiting related to radiation are dependent on the field being irradiated.

What ethnicity has the higher incidence of cancer and mortality rates?

African American women have a 10% _______________ incidence rate than white females for all cancers combined.

Epidemiologic studies have found that heavy consumption of _______________ increases cancer risk, especially for colorectal, bladder, prostate, breast, gastric, oral, and pancreatic cancers.

Biological therapies that interfere with specific molecules involved in tumor growth and progression are also referred to as _______________ therapies.

_______________ is the study of changes in gene activity that are not caused by changes in the DNA sequence.

Cancers are named based on their origin: those derived from epithelial tissue are called _______________.

Where does cancer rank in terms of causes of mortality in the United States?

What does the term angiogenesis refer to?

What class of chemotherapy drugs works by arresting cellular metaphase by inhibiting mitotic tubular formation (spindle)?

Which of the following antineoplastic drugs has the lowest emetogenic potential?

Palliative surgery is used to ameliorate disease and/or treatment-related symptoms and cure cancer.

Cancer is a disorder of cell _______________ and regulation.

Which of the following chemotherapy agents works by altering DNA structure by misreading DNA code and cross-linking DNA strands?

Describe the main causes of dysgeusia.

Which type of stem cells are used for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation?