Diet & Nutrition Therapy Chapter 19:
Diet and Cancer Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Neoplasm -
correct answer ✅Abnormal growth and development of new
tissue or cells; tumor
Malignant -
correct answer ✅Life threatening, cancerous
Metastasize -
correct answer ✅Spread of cancer cells from one organ to another
Oncology/Oncologist -
correct answer ✅The study of cancer and a doctor specializing in
cancer
Causes of cancer -
correct answer ✅Precise etiology is unknown, but heredity,
viruses, enviromental carcinogens, and emotional stress are
thought to contribute
Carcinogens -
correct answer ✅Cancer-causing agents; rat poison, radiation (x-
, Diet & Nutrition Therapy Chapter 19:
Diet and Cancer Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
ray/sunlight/nuclear waste) certain chemicals ingested in food or
water, certain chemicals that touch the skin regularly, and certain
substances that are inhaled (tobbaco smoke/asbestos)
Classifications of cancer -
correct answer ✅-Carcinomas, involivng the epithelial cells, such
as skin, membrane lining of GI tract, bladder, and womb
-Sarcoma, involivng the soft tissue, such as muscle, fat, tendons,
nerves, vessels, and sometimes bone
-Lymphomas, involving the lymphoid tissue, such as lymph nodes,
bone marrow, spleen, and thymus gland
-Leukemias, involving white blood cells, also effects bone marrow
and spleen
Skin cancer -
correct answer ✅-Basal cell is the most common, affecting the
outer layer and caused by sunlight exposure with those in high risk
having fair skin, light hair, and green/blue/grey eyes
-Squamous cell affects the upper upper layer and arises from
chronic sunlight exposure, burns, scars, and sores
Diet and Cancer Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Neoplasm -
correct answer ✅Abnormal growth and development of new
tissue or cells; tumor
Malignant -
correct answer ✅Life threatening, cancerous
Metastasize -
correct answer ✅Spread of cancer cells from one organ to another
Oncology/Oncologist -
correct answer ✅The study of cancer and a doctor specializing in
cancer
Causes of cancer -
correct answer ✅Precise etiology is unknown, but heredity,
viruses, enviromental carcinogens, and emotional stress are
thought to contribute
Carcinogens -
correct answer ✅Cancer-causing agents; rat poison, radiation (x-
, Diet & Nutrition Therapy Chapter 19:
Diet and Cancer Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
ray/sunlight/nuclear waste) certain chemicals ingested in food or
water, certain chemicals that touch the skin regularly, and certain
substances that are inhaled (tobbaco smoke/asbestos)
Classifications of cancer -
correct answer ✅-Carcinomas, involivng the epithelial cells, such
as skin, membrane lining of GI tract, bladder, and womb
-Sarcoma, involivng the soft tissue, such as muscle, fat, tendons,
nerves, vessels, and sometimes bone
-Lymphomas, involving the lymphoid tissue, such as lymph nodes,
bone marrow, spleen, and thymus gland
-Leukemias, involving white blood cells, also effects bone marrow
and spleen
Skin cancer -
correct answer ✅-Basal cell is the most common, affecting the
outer layer and caused by sunlight exposure with those in high risk
having fair skin, light hair, and green/blue/grey eyes
-Squamous cell affects the upper upper layer and arises from
chronic sunlight exposure, burns, scars, and sores
