ALU 201 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
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✔✔drugs used to block enzyme that promotes prostate growth - ✔✔5-alpha reductase
inhibitors
✔✔gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonists work to treat endometriosis
and advanced prostate cancer by - ✔✔overstimulating pituitary gland to release FSH
and LH
✔✔most common therapeutic option for hyperthyroidism - ✔✔surgical removal or
destruction of thyroid tissue with radioactive iodine
✔✔drug classes specifically used to treat dysrhythmias/arrhythmias - ✔✔potassium
channel blockers, sodium channel blockers, cardiac glycosides
✔✔drugs that reduce cardiac muscle contraction resulting in lower cardiac output and
promote vasodilation - ✔✔calcium channel blockers
✔✔drugs that block angiotensin II from binding to angiotensin receptors -
✔✔angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB's)
✔✔drug that inhibits RAS from producing angiotensin II - ✔✔ACE inhibitors
✔✔chemical that causes muscles surrounding blood vessels to contract and increase
blood pressure - ✔✔angiotensin II
✔✔presence of pedal edema suggests - ✔✔volume overload
✔✔standard treatment for stage 4 colon cancer - ✔✔chemotherapy
, ✔✔Factor that is NOT of importance prognostically for colon cancer - ✔✔size of primary
lesion
✔✔items of importance on pathology report for colon cancer - ✔✔extent of invasion of
bowel wall, degree of differentiation, presence of lymph node invasion
✔✔First line therapy for metastatic breast cancer - ✔✔aromatase inhibitors
✔✔triple negative tumors are important because - ✔✔more aggressive, poor prognosis,
brain and lung metastasis is more likely, limited treatment options
✔✔estrogen receptor status is most useful as a marker for - ✔✔the probability of
response to hormonal treatment
✔✔risk factors for survival with breast cancer - ✔✔# of nodes affected, tumor size,
grade/degree of differentiation of cancer, age, lymphatic vascular invasion
✔✔most important risk factor for survival with breast cancer - ✔✔status of axillary lymph
nodes
✔✔invasive breast cancer mortality risk depends on - ✔✔distant metastasis
✔✔a t4 leision in breast cancer represents - ✔✔any size with extension to chest wall,
skin, skin and chest wall, with inflammatory changes
✔✔TNM system used to stage breast cancer - ✔✔T= size/local extent of tumor N=
nodal status M= distant metastasis
✔✔genes whose mutations are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer -
✔✔BRCA1, BRCA2
✔✔risk factors for breast cancer - ✔✔older age, estrogen exposure, family history,
benign breast disease, environmental factors
✔✔factors that predict more rapid progression of PSA recurrence to mortality -
✔✔shorter time from tx to recurrence, higher gleason score, short PSA doubling time
✔✔most important prognostic factors in prostate cancer - ✔✔extent/stage of tumor,
gleason grade, pre treatment PSA level
✔✔t3 lesions in prostate cancer indicate - ✔✔extension outside of prostatic capsule
with or without seminal vesicle invasion
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔
✔✔drugs used to block enzyme that promotes prostate growth - ✔✔5-alpha reductase
inhibitors
✔✔gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonists work to treat endometriosis
and advanced prostate cancer by - ✔✔overstimulating pituitary gland to release FSH
and LH
✔✔most common therapeutic option for hyperthyroidism - ✔✔surgical removal or
destruction of thyroid tissue with radioactive iodine
✔✔drug classes specifically used to treat dysrhythmias/arrhythmias - ✔✔potassium
channel blockers, sodium channel blockers, cardiac glycosides
✔✔drugs that reduce cardiac muscle contraction resulting in lower cardiac output and
promote vasodilation - ✔✔calcium channel blockers
✔✔drugs that block angiotensin II from binding to angiotensin receptors -
✔✔angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB's)
✔✔drug that inhibits RAS from producing angiotensin II - ✔✔ACE inhibitors
✔✔chemical that causes muscles surrounding blood vessels to contract and increase
blood pressure - ✔✔angiotensin II
✔✔presence of pedal edema suggests - ✔✔volume overload
✔✔standard treatment for stage 4 colon cancer - ✔✔chemotherapy
, ✔✔Factor that is NOT of importance prognostically for colon cancer - ✔✔size of primary
lesion
✔✔items of importance on pathology report for colon cancer - ✔✔extent of invasion of
bowel wall, degree of differentiation, presence of lymph node invasion
✔✔First line therapy for metastatic breast cancer - ✔✔aromatase inhibitors
✔✔triple negative tumors are important because - ✔✔more aggressive, poor prognosis,
brain and lung metastasis is more likely, limited treatment options
✔✔estrogen receptor status is most useful as a marker for - ✔✔the probability of
response to hormonal treatment
✔✔risk factors for survival with breast cancer - ✔✔# of nodes affected, tumor size,
grade/degree of differentiation of cancer, age, lymphatic vascular invasion
✔✔most important risk factor for survival with breast cancer - ✔✔status of axillary lymph
nodes
✔✔invasive breast cancer mortality risk depends on - ✔✔distant metastasis
✔✔a t4 leision in breast cancer represents - ✔✔any size with extension to chest wall,
skin, skin and chest wall, with inflammatory changes
✔✔TNM system used to stage breast cancer - ✔✔T= size/local extent of tumor N=
nodal status M= distant metastasis
✔✔genes whose mutations are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer -
✔✔BRCA1, BRCA2
✔✔risk factors for breast cancer - ✔✔older age, estrogen exposure, family history,
benign breast disease, environmental factors
✔✔factors that predict more rapid progression of PSA recurrence to mortality -
✔✔shorter time from tx to recurrence, higher gleason score, short PSA doubling time
✔✔most important prognostic factors in prostate cancer - ✔✔extent/stage of tumor,
gleason grade, pre treatment PSA level
✔✔t3 lesions in prostate cancer indicate - ✔✔extension outside of prostatic capsule
with or without seminal vesicle invasion
