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Chapter 23 - Neoplastic Disease
1. How many types of diseases fall under the term “cancer”?
a. 1
b. 10
c. about 25
d. at least 100
e. thousands
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Introduction
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Remember

2. Where does cancer rank in terms of causes of mortality in the United States?
a. 1st
b. 2nd
c. 3rd
d. 4th
e. 5th
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Epidemiology
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Remember

3. What are the three deadliest cancers in American men (most mortality)?
a. prostate, liver, lung
b. liver, bone, brain
c. lung, prostate, colorectal
d. bone, lung, skin
e. prostate, skin, pancreas
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Epidemiology
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Remember

4. What are the three deadliest cancers in American women (most mortality?
a. lung, breast, colorectal
b. breast, liver, bone
c. brain, lung, breast
d. bone, blood, brain
e. breast, colorectal, pancreas
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Epidemiology
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Remember

5. What ethnicity has the higher incidence of cancer and mortality rates?
a. Caucasian (European ancestry)
b. Asian Americans
c. Native Americans
d. Latinos
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e. African Americans
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: Epidemiology
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Remember

6. What does the term angiogenesis refer to?
a. increase in blood flow
b. development of new blood vessels
c. destruction of arteries
d. synthesis of red blood cells
e. change in blood pressure
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Glossary
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Remember

7. What does the term apoptosis refer to?
a. genetic mutations
b. stoppage of blood flow
c. severe weight loss
d. programmed cell death
e. uncontrollable cell division
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Glossary
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Remember

8. What does the term cachexia mean?
a. genetic mutations
b. stoppage of blood flow
c. severe weight and appetite loss
d. programmed cell death
e. uncontrollable cell division
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Glossary
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Remember

9. What term is used to infer the spread of cancer from the primary site to nearby or distant areas through the blood or
lymph?
a. metastasis
b. malignant
c. benign
d. neoplasm
e. apheresis
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Glossary
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Remember
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10. In 2014, how many people are estimated to die from cancer in the United States?
a. about 1.1 million
b. about 820,000
c. about 565,000
d. about 430, 000
e. about 255,000
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Etiology of Cancer
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Remember

11. Breast cancer accounts for what percentage of cancer-related deaths in American women?
a. 41%
b. 31%
c. 24%
d. 20%
e. 14%
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: Etiology of Cancer
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Remember

12. In what phase of cell division is the DNA replicated?
a. S phase
b. G1 phase
c. G2 phase
d. G3 phase
e. D phase
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Etiology of Cancer
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Remember

13. What type of hormone promotes altered gene expression and is linked to prostate cancer?
a. eicosanoids
b. peptides
c. catecholamines
d. androgens
e. estrogens
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Etiology of Cancer
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Remember

14. Where does breast cancer typically metastasize to?
a. bone and armpits
b. brain and lung tissue
c. GI tract and lung tissue
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