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1. Breast cancer in women who have the breast cancer A. occurs at an earlier age
gene
A. occurs at an earlier age
B. is more likely to be unilateral
C. Is more common than non-inherited breast cancer
D. is more responsive to treatment
2. Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces _____ C. liquefactive
necrosis.
A. coagulative
B. caseous
C. liquefactive
D. fat
3. In general, a cancer cell that is more tissue-specific False
differentiated is more likely to be aggressive.
True
False
4. Malignant neoplasms of epithelial origin are known C. carcinomas
as
A. lymphoma
B. sarcoma
C. carcinomas
D. adenomas
5. The cellular component that is most susceptible to B. DNA
radiation injury is the
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A. membrane
B. DNA
C. RNA
D. ribosomes
6. The cellular change that is considered preneoplastic B. dysplasia
is
A. anaplasia
B. dysplasia
C. metaplasia
D. hyperplasia
7. Paraneoplastic syndromes in cancer involve excessive D. calcium
production of substances by multiple means. A com-
mon substance found in excessive amounts resulting
from cancer paraneoplastic syndromes is
A. insulin
B. tumor necrosis factor
C. potassium
D. calcium
8. Familial retinoblastoma involves the transmission of A. Mutant tumor-suppres-
what from parent to offspring? sor gene
A. Mutant tumor-suppressor gene
B. cancer-causing virus
C. oncogene
D. extra chromosome
9. The cellular response indicative of injury because of D. intracellular accumula-
faulty metabolism is tions
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A. hydropic swelling
B. lactate production
C. metaplasia
D. intracellular accumulations
10. The most common tumor-suppressor gene defect B. P53
identified in cancer cells is
A. Rb
B. P53
C. DCC
D. APC
11. Retroviruses are associated with human cancers, in- A. Burkitt lymphoma
cluding
A. Burkitt lymphoma
B. Hodgkin's lymphoma
C. pancreatic cancer
D. hepatic cancer
12. The primary effect of aging on all body systems is A. decreased functional
reserve
A. decreased functional reserve
B. diseased function
C. programmed senescence
D. senility
13. Of the statements below, the accurate statement re- C. deficient cellular uptake
garding nutrition and cellular health is by one cell type may con-
tribute to excess nutrient
A. the body can generally produce elements essential delivery to other cell types
for nutritional balance
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B. obese individuals are generally nutritionally
healthy
C. deficient cellular uptake by one cell type may con-
tribute to excess nutrient delivery to other cell types
D. a normal BMI indicates nutritional health
14. After bronchoscopy and histologic examination of a B. is malignant
suspected tumor, your patient is diagnosed with pri-
mary bronchial carcinoma. Thus, the tumor
A. is benign
B. is malignant
C. is secondary to cancer elsewhere in the body
D. has spread
15. Carbon monoxide injures cells by B. reducing oxygen level
on hemoglobin
A. destruction of cellular membranes
B. reducing oxygen level on hemoglobin
C. promotion of free radicals
D. crystallization of cellular organelles
16. Metaplasia is A. the replacement of one
differentiated cell type
A. the replacement of one differentiated cell type with with another
another
B. the transformation of a cell type to malignancy
C. an irreversible cellular adaptation
D. the disorganization of cells into various sizes,
shapes, and arrangements
17. Cancer grading is based on C. cell differentiation