EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ETIOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
refers to the number of individuals with a given disease in a population during a
specified time period - ANSWER-prevalence
relates the difference between age of death and expected age of death - ANSWER-
years of life lost
a document which compiles cancer stats and trends by American cancer society -
ANSWER-cancer facts and figures
age, sex, race/ethnicity, county of residence at the time of diagnosis - ANSWER-
demographic information
date of diagnosis, primary site, cell type, stage of disease, type of diagnostic
confirmation - ANSWER-tumor characteristics
cancer-directed treatment including surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormone
therapy, immunotherapy - ANSWER-treatment
4 factors affecting epidemiology - ANSWER-age, gender, ethnicity/race, environment
geography
vulnerability of the host changes through the life cycle, due in part to physiologic stages
and partly due to life experiences - ANSWER-age
incidence and mortality rates differ with sex - ANSWER-gender
areas of higher incidence and or mortality rates - ANSWER-environment/geography
the study of the cause of disease - ANSWER-etiology
cancer is a disease which originates and is treated at what level - ANSWER-cellular
etiologic and epidemiologic information has aided in creating what - ANSWER-
screening test, patient education, identifying at risk population
increase in size of cells, not numbers, is an adaptation to stimulus of increased
functional demand - ANSWER-hypertrophy
increase in number of cells, can be normal or abnormal, is an adaption to increased
functional demand - ANSWER-hyperplasia
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
refers to the number of individuals with a given disease in a population during a
specified time period - ANSWER-prevalence
relates the difference between age of death and expected age of death - ANSWER-
years of life lost
a document which compiles cancer stats and trends by American cancer society -
ANSWER-cancer facts and figures
age, sex, race/ethnicity, county of residence at the time of diagnosis - ANSWER-
demographic information
date of diagnosis, primary site, cell type, stage of disease, type of diagnostic
confirmation - ANSWER-tumor characteristics
cancer-directed treatment including surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormone
therapy, immunotherapy - ANSWER-treatment
4 factors affecting epidemiology - ANSWER-age, gender, ethnicity/race, environment
geography
vulnerability of the host changes through the life cycle, due in part to physiologic stages
and partly due to life experiences - ANSWER-age
incidence and mortality rates differ with sex - ANSWER-gender
areas of higher incidence and or mortality rates - ANSWER-environment/geography
the study of the cause of disease - ANSWER-etiology
cancer is a disease which originates and is treated at what level - ANSWER-cellular
etiologic and epidemiologic information has aided in creating what - ANSWER-
screening test, patient education, identifying at risk population
increase in size of cells, not numbers, is an adaptation to stimulus of increased
functional demand - ANSWER-hypertrophy
increase in number of cells, can be normal or abnormal, is an adaption to increased
functional demand - ANSWER-hyperplasia
