APHON Chemo Course exam questions with answers

APHON Chemo Course exam questions |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




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apoptosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔natural cell death
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necrosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔cell death that results from an
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insult, such as a lack of blood supply, physical trauma, or
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cytotoxic therapy that leads to rupture of the cell membrane and
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spilling of cell contents
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malignant cells - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔cells that do not have a
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finite number of cell divisions as normal cells do; lost the ability
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to undergo apoptosis; can keep replicating and dividing
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indefinitely


aberrant cell division - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the primary
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characteristic of malignant cells |\ |\ |\




tumor suppression genes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔these keep
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normal cellular growth in check by regulating cell division, DNA
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repair, and apoptosis; if damaged or absent, cells lack the
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appropriate growth-inhibiting signals and grow out of control
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nadir - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the period of time after a course
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of chemotherapy in which the patients blood counts are lowest
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,physical barrier - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the first layer of
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defense that provides protective immunity through anatomic
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barriers; ex. skin, mucous membranes
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innate passive immunity - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the second
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layer of defense that provides rapid, nonspecific response to
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invading pathogens |\




adaptive acquired immunity - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the third
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layer of defense
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tumor marker - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a characteristic feature or
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byproduct of a tumor cell that serves as a useful indication of
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tumor cell origin or tumor activity
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risk stratification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔allows for tailoring
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therapy after consideration of factors beyond those traditional
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staging systems; this approach allows for early intensification of
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treatment


pharmacokinetics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the movement of a |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


drug in the body and studies how the body affects the
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administered drug |\




pharmacogenetics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the study of how a |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


person's genetic makeup affects that person's response to drug
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therapy

, surgery - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔often used as a method for
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treating cancer with the primary goal being to reduce the tumor
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burden so that any remaining cancer cells can be more
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effectively destroyed by host immunologic factors, chemo, or |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


immunotherapy


resection - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔surgical treatment of a tumor |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


by removing it
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complete resection - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔surgical treatment |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


that involves the removal of all visible and microscopic evidence
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of the tumor
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partial resection - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔surgical debulking that
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involves resecting a portion of the tumor because the entire
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mass cannot be completely or safely removed
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chemotherapy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔drug therapy aimed at |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


reducing visible tumor volume by cytotoxic effects and |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


preventing tumor cell division and spread; agents are designed to |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


kill malignant cells during different phases of the cell cycle
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radiation therapy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the goal of treatment |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


is to target the tumor for destruction while sparing the
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surrounding tissues |\




autologous transplant - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the patient is |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


both the donor and the recipient, often given as a "rescue" after
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