APHON Chemo Certification Exam Questions With Correct Answers

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Certification Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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How //many //people //ages //0-
21 //are //diagnosed //with //cancer //each //year? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔15,000 //- //16,000



What /
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/the /


/top //2 //pediatric //oncology //diagnoses //+ //the //% //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔1. //Leukemia //- //29%



2. //Brain /// //CNS //- //26%



What //is //the //5 //yr //survival //rate //for //all //peds //onc //diagnoses?

For //ALL?

For //AML? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔All //Dx: //> //80%

ALL: //90%

AML: //65%



Natural //cell //death //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Apoptosis



Cell /
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/from /


/an /


/insult /


/that /


/leads /

, /to /
/rupture /


/of //the //cell //membrane //and //spilling //of //cell //contents //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Necrosis




Regulates //normal //cell //growth //and //repair //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Proto-oncogenes



Blood //cell //production //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Hematopoiesis



Period //of //time //when //the //pt's //WBCs //are //the //lowest, //from //day //7-
10 //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Nadir



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/is //when //a //pt //is //at //the //greatest //risk //for //infection //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔During //Nadir




Goal /
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/chemo //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Stop //cell //cycle/growth //from //occurring //and //coming //back




Why /
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/multiple /


/chemo /


/agents //used? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Resistance //to //a //single //chemo //agent //can //occur




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/cells //OUT //of //bone //marrow //and //in //the //peripheral //system //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Blasts




Chemotherapy //affects //4 //things //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔1. //Malignant //cells

2. //Epidermal