Exam 13: Cancer in Children

Most childhood cancers arise from the:

When are childhood cancers are most often diagnosed?

Prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol can result in:

Mutation of proto-oncogenes into oncogenes stimulates uncontrolled cell growth.

Cancers in children are slow growing and usually have not metastasized at time of diagnosis.

Childhood cancer has a longer latency period than cancer in adults.

Embryonic tumors are usually diagnosed after 5 years of age.

There is a carcinogenic relationship between Hodgkin disease and the:

Children with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)have an increased risk of developing certain cancers such as Kaposi sarcoma.

Leukemia is the most common malignancy in children.

Which cancers are more common in black children?

Cancer is the leading cause of death in children.

Secondary cancers are a late effect faced by children cured of cancer.

An example of an embryonic tumor is:

What percentage of children with cancer can be cured?

What congenital malformation is commonly linked to acute leukemia in children?

Most childhood cancers originate from the mesodermal germ layer that gives rise to connective tissue,bone,blood,blood vessels,kidney,and lymph.

Childhood exposure to all of the following risk factors increase susceptibility to cancer except:

Chronic myelogenous leukemia,retinoblastoma and osteosarcoma are associated with which genetic factors in childhood cancers?

Mutations of proto-oncogenes into oncogenes have been identified with pediatric lymphoma and leukemia.