NURS 5463 TEST 2 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Endings of benign and cancerous growths - Answers - -oma=benign growth
-cacinoma=malignant growth
-sarcoma/myoma=malignant growth of muscle
-Carcinoma in Situ=early or pre-invasive carcinoma of the glandular or squamous
epithelia tissue
what is myleocytic, lymphocytic, multiple myeloma - Answers - -myleocytic=excessive
production of granulocytes
-lymphocytic=excessive production of lymphocytes
-multiple myeloma=excessive production of plasma cells
What is paraneoplastic syndrome? - Answers - Consequence of the presence of cancer
in the body, but is not due to the local presence of cancer cells or direct invasion,
obstruction, or metastasis of cancer. Mediated by humoral factors excreted by tumor
cells or an immune response against the tumor.
What is the most common gynecologic malignancy? Expand - Answers - -Epithelial
ovarian cancer
-increases with age
-Presence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations
-Early menarche is a risk factors
-Risk decreased by pregnancy, use of contraceptive, breast feeding > 1 year,
hysterectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy
-80% have CA125 marker
-only dx by surgical exploration
-bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy at 35y.o. or after bearing children; decreases risk by
90%
What is the most common gynecologic malignancies in developed countries? - Answers
- -adenocarcinoma of the endometrium
-avg age 61
-Lynch syndrome increases the risk of developing
-most common symptom is vaginal bleeding in theist menopausal woman
-gold standard for eval is pelvic US
-treatment is hysterectomy
multiple myeloma - Answers - -malignant proliferation of plasma cells in the bone
marrow
-cause osteolytic lesions, osteopenia, and pathologic fractures
--Occurs more in African American, less risk in Asians from Japan and Mexicans
ANSWERS
Endings of benign and cancerous growths - Answers - -oma=benign growth
-cacinoma=malignant growth
-sarcoma/myoma=malignant growth of muscle
-Carcinoma in Situ=early or pre-invasive carcinoma of the glandular or squamous
epithelia tissue
what is myleocytic, lymphocytic, multiple myeloma - Answers - -myleocytic=excessive
production of granulocytes
-lymphocytic=excessive production of lymphocytes
-multiple myeloma=excessive production of plasma cells
What is paraneoplastic syndrome? - Answers - Consequence of the presence of cancer
in the body, but is not due to the local presence of cancer cells or direct invasion,
obstruction, or metastasis of cancer. Mediated by humoral factors excreted by tumor
cells or an immune response against the tumor.
What is the most common gynecologic malignancy? Expand - Answers - -Epithelial
ovarian cancer
-increases with age
-Presence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations
-Early menarche is a risk factors
-Risk decreased by pregnancy, use of contraceptive, breast feeding > 1 year,
hysterectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy
-80% have CA125 marker
-only dx by surgical exploration
-bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy at 35y.o. or after bearing children; decreases risk by
90%
What is the most common gynecologic malignancies in developed countries? - Answers
- -adenocarcinoma of the endometrium
-avg age 61
-Lynch syndrome increases the risk of developing
-most common symptom is vaginal bleeding in theist menopausal woman
-gold standard for eval is pelvic US
-treatment is hysterectomy
multiple myeloma - Answers - -malignant proliferation of plasma cells in the bone
marrow
-cause osteolytic lesions, osteopenia, and pathologic fractures
--Occurs more in African American, less risk in Asians from Japan and Mexicans
