APHON /
Chemo Course Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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apoptosis //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔natural //cell //death
necrosis //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔cell //death //that //results //from //an //insult, //such //as //a //lack //of //blood
//supply, /
/physical /
/trauma, /
/or /
/cytotoxic /
/therapy //that //leads //to //rupture //of //the //cell //membrane //and //spilling //of //cell //contents
malignant /
/cells //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔cells /
/that /
/do /
/not /
/have //
a/
/finite /
/number /
/of /
/cell /
/divisions /
/as /
/normal /
/cells /
/do; //lost //the //ability //to //undergo //apoptosis; //can //keep //replicating //and //dividing //indefinitely
,aberrant /
/cell //division //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //primary //characteristic //of //malignant //cells
tumor /
/suppression /
/genes //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔these /
/keep /
/normal /
/cellular /
/growth /
/in /
/check /
/by /
/regulating /
/cell /
/division, /
/DNA //repair, //and //apoptosis; //if //damaged //or //absent, //cells //lack //the //appropriate //growth-
inhibiting //signals //and //grow //out //of //control
nadir //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔the /
/period /
/of //time //after //a //course //of //chemotherapy //in //which //the //patients //blood //counts //are //lowest
physical /
/barrier //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔the /
/first /
/layer /
/of /
/defense /
, /that /
/provides //protective //immunity //through //anatomic //barriers; //ex. //skin, //mucous //membranes
innate /
/passive /
/immunity //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔the /
/second /
/layer //of //defense //that //provides //rapid, //nonspecific //response //to //invading //pathogens
adaptive //acquired //immunity //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //third //layer //of //defense
tumor /
/marker //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔a /
/characteristic /
/feature /
/or /
/byproduct /
/of //a //tumor //cell //that //serves //as //a //useful //indication //of //tumor //cell //origin //or //tumor //activity
risk /
/stratification //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔allows /
/for /
/tailoring /
/therapy /
/after /
/consideration /
/of /
/factors /
Chemo Course Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // // //
apoptosis //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔natural //cell //death
necrosis //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔cell //death //that //results //from //an //insult, //such //as //a //lack //of //blood
//supply, /
/physical /
/trauma, /
/or /
/cytotoxic /
/therapy //that //leads //to //rupture //of //the //cell //membrane //and //spilling //of //cell //contents
malignant /
/cells //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔cells /
/that /
/do /
/not /
/have //
a/
/finite /
/number /
/of /
/cell /
/divisions /
/as /
/normal /
/cells /
/do; //lost //the //ability //to //undergo //apoptosis; //can //keep //replicating //and //dividing //indefinitely
,aberrant /
/cell //division //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //primary //characteristic //of //malignant //cells
tumor /
/suppression /
/genes //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔these /
/keep /
/normal /
/cellular /
/growth /
/in /
/check /
/by /
/regulating /
/cell /
/division, /
/DNA //repair, //and //apoptosis; //if //damaged //or //absent, //cells //lack //the //appropriate //growth-
inhibiting //signals //and //grow //out //of //control
nadir //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔the /
/period /
/of //time //after //a //course //of //chemotherapy //in //which //the //patients //blood //counts //are //lowest
physical /
/barrier //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔the /
/first /
/layer /
/of /
/defense /
, /that /
/provides //protective //immunity //through //anatomic //barriers; //ex. //skin, //mucous //membranes
innate /
/passive /
/immunity //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔the /
/second /
/layer //of //defense //that //provides //rapid, //nonspecific //response //to //invading //pathogens
adaptive //acquired //immunity //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //third //layer //of //defense
tumor /
/marker //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔a /
/characteristic /
/feature /
/or /
/byproduct /
/of //a //tumor //cell //that //serves //as //a //useful //indication //of //tumor //cell //origin //or //tumor //activity
risk /
/stratification //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔allows /
/for /
/tailoring /
/therapy /
/after /
/consideration /
/of /
/factors /
