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NURA 230 Cancer Exam Questions with Correct Answers Graded A+ incidence - Answers # of new cases occurring in a specific year Cancer Incidence - Answers higher in men than women, declining d/t prevention, increase in cancers that there aren't many tests for prevalence - Answers total # of people...

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NURA 230 Cancer Exam Questions with Correct Answers Graded A+

incidence - Answers # of new cases occurring in a specific year

Cancer Incidence - Answers higher in men than women, declining d/t prevention, increase in cancers
that there aren't many tests for

prevalence - Answers total # of people alive today, diagnosed in the current year AND diagnosed in
previous years

cancer cells - Answers invade adjacent tissues, lack contact inhibition, in metastasize important to find
origination

Benign Neoplasm - Answers slow growing, localized, encapsulated, no neoplastic cells, usually harmless,
prognosis good

Malignant Neoplams - Answers rapid growth, mets common, anapestic cells present, always harmful,
prognosis depends on type

development of cancer 3 phases - Answers Initiation, Promotion and Progression

Initiation phase - Answers mutation of cells genetic structure, factors associated: chemicals, radiation,
viruses, genetics

Promotion phase - Answers altered genes and promoting agents, promoting agents: dietary fat, obesity,
smoking, alcohol

latent period - Answers time between genetic alteration and clinical presentation of disease

Progression phase - Answers where you see symptoms , increased growth rate, increase evasiveness

primary prevention - Answers before pathological things have happened - stop smoking, lose weight,
drink more water

secondary prevention - Answers mammogram, pap, skin looked at

7 warning signs of cancer - Answers changes in bowel/bladder, sore that doesn't heal, unusual bleeding,
thickening or lump, diff swallowing, mole changes, nagging cough

breast exam - Answers mammogram at 40, do a self breast exam

colon cancer - Answers start at age 50 (unless family hx), have to do a prep (cl liquids the day
before/laxatives), will usually cramp afterward

other colon ca test - Answers guaiac or FOBT yearly (check for blood)

prostate/testicular cancer - Answers PSA test (has high incidence of false results) - can just be elevated,
difficult to urinate, testicular monthly exam age 20-40

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