Cancer Review Questions with
Correct Answer s
The nurse is presenting a community education program related to cancer prevention.
Based on current cancer death rates, the nurse emphasizes what as the most important
preventative action for both men and women?
a. Smoking cessation
b. routine colonoscopies
c. protection from ultraviolet light
d. regular examination of reproductive organs - ANSWER✔✔-a
What defect in cellular proliferation is in involved in the development of cancer?
a. a rate of cell proliferation that is more rapid than that of normal body cells
b. shortened phases of cell life cycles with occasional skipping of GI or S phases
,c. Rearrangement of stem cell RNA that causes abdominal cellular protein synthesis
d. Indiscriminate and continuous proliferation of cells with loss of contact inhibition -
ANSWER✔✔-d
What does the presence of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEAs) and alpha-fetoprotein
(AFP) on cell membranes indicate has happened to the cells?
a. they have shifted to more immature metabolic pathways and functions
b. they have spread from areas of original development to different body tissues
c. they have produces abnormal toxins or chemicals that indicate abnormal cellular
function
d. they have become more differentiated as a result of repression of embryonic
functions - ANSWER✔✔-a
What factor differentiates a malignant tumor from a benign tumor?
a. it causes death
b. it grows at a faster rate
c. it is often encapsulated
d. it invades and metastasizes - ANSWER✔✔-d
,A patient is admitted with acute myelogenous leukemia and a history of Hodgkin's
lymphoma. What is the nurse likely to find in the patient's history?
a. work as a radiation chemist
b. Esptein-Barr virus diagnosed in vitro
c. intesnse tanning throughout lifetime
d. alkylating agents for treating the Hodgkin's lymphoma - ANSWER✔✔-d
Which mutated tumor suppressor gene is most likely to contribute to many types of
cancer, including breast, bladder, colorectal, and lung?
a. p53
b. APC
c. BRCA1
d. BRCA2 - ANSWER✔✔-a
Cancer cells go through stages of development. What accurately describes the stage of
promotion (select all that apply)?
a. obesity is an example of a promoting factor
, b. the stage is characterized by increased growth rate and metastasis
c. withdrawal of promoting factors will reduce the risk of cancer developing
d. tobacco smoke is a complete carcinogen that is capable of both initiation and
promotion
e. promotion is the stage of cancer development in which there is an irreversible
alteration in the cell's DNA - ANSWER✔✔-a, c, d
The patient was told she has carcinoma in situ, and the student nurse wonders what
that is. How should the nurse explain this to the student nurse?
a. evasion of the immune system by cancer cells
b. lesion with histologic features of cancer except invasion
c. capable of causing cellular alterations associated with cancer
d. tumor cell surface antigens that stimulate immune response - ANSWER✔✔-b
Which word identifies a mutation of protooncogens?
a. oncogenes
b. retrogenes
c. oncofetal antigens
Correct Answer s
The nurse is presenting a community education program related to cancer prevention.
Based on current cancer death rates, the nurse emphasizes what as the most important
preventative action for both men and women?
a. Smoking cessation
b. routine colonoscopies
c. protection from ultraviolet light
d. regular examination of reproductive organs - ANSWER✔✔-a
What defect in cellular proliferation is in involved in the development of cancer?
a. a rate of cell proliferation that is more rapid than that of normal body cells
b. shortened phases of cell life cycles with occasional skipping of GI or S phases
,c. Rearrangement of stem cell RNA that causes abdominal cellular protein synthesis
d. Indiscriminate and continuous proliferation of cells with loss of contact inhibition -
ANSWER✔✔-d
What does the presence of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEAs) and alpha-fetoprotein
(AFP) on cell membranes indicate has happened to the cells?
a. they have shifted to more immature metabolic pathways and functions
b. they have spread from areas of original development to different body tissues
c. they have produces abnormal toxins or chemicals that indicate abnormal cellular
function
d. they have become more differentiated as a result of repression of embryonic
functions - ANSWER✔✔-a
What factor differentiates a malignant tumor from a benign tumor?
a. it causes death
b. it grows at a faster rate
c. it is often encapsulated
d. it invades and metastasizes - ANSWER✔✔-d
,A patient is admitted with acute myelogenous leukemia and a history of Hodgkin's
lymphoma. What is the nurse likely to find in the patient's history?
a. work as a radiation chemist
b. Esptein-Barr virus diagnosed in vitro
c. intesnse tanning throughout lifetime
d. alkylating agents for treating the Hodgkin's lymphoma - ANSWER✔✔-d
Which mutated tumor suppressor gene is most likely to contribute to many types of
cancer, including breast, bladder, colorectal, and lung?
a. p53
b. APC
c. BRCA1
d. BRCA2 - ANSWER✔✔-a
Cancer cells go through stages of development. What accurately describes the stage of
promotion (select all that apply)?
a. obesity is an example of a promoting factor
, b. the stage is characterized by increased growth rate and metastasis
c. withdrawal of promoting factors will reduce the risk of cancer developing
d. tobacco smoke is a complete carcinogen that is capable of both initiation and
promotion
e. promotion is the stage of cancer development in which there is an irreversible
alteration in the cell's DNA - ANSWER✔✔-a, c, d
The patient was told she has carcinoma in situ, and the student nurse wonders what
that is. How should the nurse explain this to the student nurse?
a. evasion of the immune system by cancer cells
b. lesion with histologic features of cancer except invasion
c. capable of causing cellular alterations associated with cancer
d. tumor cell surface antigens that stimulate immune response - ANSWER✔✔-b
Which word identifies a mutation of protooncogens?
a. oncogenes
b. retrogenes
c. oncofetal antigens
