1. True/False: Blood tests for tumor markers are the single best
screening tool for cancer.
2. Tissue biopsy is of critical importance in what role?
3. Show Answers:
a. List two signs or symptoms a patient may present with that might
indicate a cancer diagnosis:
b. What are two side effects commonly experienced by cancer patients?
4. Explain the TNM system: (10 points)
5. Short answers:
a. When would surgery be appropriate in the treatment of cancer?
b. Most chemotherapeutic drugs cause pancytopenia due to bone
marrow suppression. What are the 3 possible adverse outcomes of
this?
6. True/False: Cell proliferation is the process in which proliferating cells
become more specialized cell types.
7. True/False: Cell differentiation is the process of increasing cell
numbers by mitotic cell division.
8. What are two important properties that stem cells possess?
9. Which of the following are most likely to have arisen from an adult
stem cell?
a. Muscle
b. Bone
c. Epithelial
d. Neural
10. What is angiogenesis? Why do tumors need it?
11. What are normal genes called that become cancer causing if
mutated?
12. What is a tumor suppressor gene? Give one example.