ABSITE 2025 EXAM | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED AND
WELL DETAILED ANSWERS | LATEST EXAM VERSION
What is the MOA and use for vandetanib? - CORRECT ANSWER - Inhibits
VEGF2/3, EGFR, RET - used for medullary thyroid CA (ZETA study)
What is the MOA and use for pembrolizumab - CORRECT ANSWER - Antibody
blocking programmed cell death protein-1 - used for melanoma
MOA and use of ipilimumab - CORRECT ANSWER - antibody blocking
cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated protein-4 (CTLA4) - used for melanoma
MOA and use of cetuximab - CORRECT ANSWER - inhibits endothelial growth
factor receptor - used for colorectal cancer
MOA and use of imatinib - CORRECT ANSWER - inhibits tyrorsine kinase
receptor - used for GIST
What antibiotic is used in necrotizing pancreatitis? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Imipenem (best penetration)
how long is activity restriction after blunt spleen/liver injury? - CORRECT
ANSWER - grade + 2 weeks (aka grade 2 = 4 weeks)
Which side is mattox? Cattel-braasch? - CORRECT ANSWER - left is mattox,
right is cattel
,what kind of stent is used in esophageal perforation? - CORRECT ANSWER -
covered self-expanding metal stent
these two structures are ligated in the cervical exposure of the esophagus -
CORRECT ANSWER - middle thyroid vein, inferior thyroid artery
aspirin MOA - CORRECT ANSWER - irreversible inhibition of prostaglandin
synthesis in platelets that acts by acetylating COX
What are the first and second most common salivary gland tumors? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. Pleomorphic adenoma
2. Warthin tumor (papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum) (smoking)
What is the strongest independent prognostic factor for soft tissue sarcomas? -
CORRECT ANSWER - histologic grade
what size femoral artery pseudoaneurysm can be ovserved? - CORRECT
ANSWER - <2-3 cm
Where are the acid-secreting cells of the stomach? - CORRECT ANSWER - body
- parietal cells
Gastrin-secreting G cells are in antrum
The mutation of PTEN is what disease and presentation? - CORRECT ANSWER
- Cowden - hamartomas and thyroid, endometrial, and colon cancer (Poop,
Thyroid, Endometrial Neoplasm = PTEN)
, RET protooncogene mutation is seen in what disease and presentation -
CORRECT ANSWER - MEN2 = medullary thyroid cancer, pheo and MEN2A
(parathyroid hyperplasia) and MEN2B (marfanoid, neuromas)
TP53 mutation results in what disease and presentation? - CORRECT ANSWER
- Li-fraumeni - bone/soft tissue sarcomas, phyllodes tumor, brain tumor,
adrenocorticoid cancer
STK11 results in what disease and presentation - CORRECT ANSWER - Peutz-
Jeghers (aut dom GI hamartomas, mucocutaneous pigmentation, and GI cancer)
what diet is best for pancreatic insufficiency? - CORRECT ANSWER - High
carb, high protein, low fat +pancreatic enzyme supplement
This drug can be used to keep a PDA open - CORRECT ANSWER -
prostaglandins. NSAIDs close it
the nigro protocol is for... - CORRECT ANSWER - squamous cell cancers of
anus, not adenocarcinoma
the only time routine lymph node dissection is recommended in
rhabdomyosarcoma is... - CORRECT ANSWER - in perineal or anal disease
What are the neck zones for trauma - CORRECT ANSWER - Zone 1 is located
from the clavicle to the cricoid
Zone 2 is located from the cricoid to the angle of the mandible
Zone 3 is located from the angle of the mandible to the skull base.
WELL DETAILED ANSWERS | LATEST EXAM VERSION
What is the MOA and use for vandetanib? - CORRECT ANSWER - Inhibits
VEGF2/3, EGFR, RET - used for medullary thyroid CA (ZETA study)
What is the MOA and use for pembrolizumab - CORRECT ANSWER - Antibody
blocking programmed cell death protein-1 - used for melanoma
MOA and use of ipilimumab - CORRECT ANSWER - antibody blocking
cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated protein-4 (CTLA4) - used for melanoma
MOA and use of cetuximab - CORRECT ANSWER - inhibits endothelial growth
factor receptor - used for colorectal cancer
MOA and use of imatinib - CORRECT ANSWER - inhibits tyrorsine kinase
receptor - used for GIST
What antibiotic is used in necrotizing pancreatitis? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Imipenem (best penetration)
how long is activity restriction after blunt spleen/liver injury? - CORRECT
ANSWER - grade + 2 weeks (aka grade 2 = 4 weeks)
Which side is mattox? Cattel-braasch? - CORRECT ANSWER - left is mattox,
right is cattel
,what kind of stent is used in esophageal perforation? - CORRECT ANSWER -
covered self-expanding metal stent
these two structures are ligated in the cervical exposure of the esophagus -
CORRECT ANSWER - middle thyroid vein, inferior thyroid artery
aspirin MOA - CORRECT ANSWER - irreversible inhibition of prostaglandin
synthesis in platelets that acts by acetylating COX
What are the first and second most common salivary gland tumors? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. Pleomorphic adenoma
2. Warthin tumor (papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum) (smoking)
What is the strongest independent prognostic factor for soft tissue sarcomas? -
CORRECT ANSWER - histologic grade
what size femoral artery pseudoaneurysm can be ovserved? - CORRECT
ANSWER - <2-3 cm
Where are the acid-secreting cells of the stomach? - CORRECT ANSWER - body
- parietal cells
Gastrin-secreting G cells are in antrum
The mutation of PTEN is what disease and presentation? - CORRECT ANSWER
- Cowden - hamartomas and thyroid, endometrial, and colon cancer (Poop,
Thyroid, Endometrial Neoplasm = PTEN)
, RET protooncogene mutation is seen in what disease and presentation -
CORRECT ANSWER - MEN2 = medullary thyroid cancer, pheo and MEN2A
(parathyroid hyperplasia) and MEN2B (marfanoid, neuromas)
TP53 mutation results in what disease and presentation? - CORRECT ANSWER
- Li-fraumeni - bone/soft tissue sarcomas, phyllodes tumor, brain tumor,
adrenocorticoid cancer
STK11 results in what disease and presentation - CORRECT ANSWER - Peutz-
Jeghers (aut dom GI hamartomas, mucocutaneous pigmentation, and GI cancer)
what diet is best for pancreatic insufficiency? - CORRECT ANSWER - High
carb, high protein, low fat +pancreatic enzyme supplement
This drug can be used to keep a PDA open - CORRECT ANSWER -
prostaglandins. NSAIDs close it
the nigro protocol is for... - CORRECT ANSWER - squamous cell cancers of
anus, not adenocarcinoma
the only time routine lymph node dissection is recommended in
rhabdomyosarcoma is... - CORRECT ANSWER - in perineal or anal disease
What are the neck zones for trauma - CORRECT ANSWER - Zone 1 is located
from the clavicle to the cricoid
Zone 2 is located from the cricoid to the angle of the mandible
Zone 3 is located from the angle of the mandible to the skull base.
