MMSC 436 Exam 2 – Questions With Detailed
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A physical agent, such as exposure to ultraviolet light for an extended period of
1 time, or a biological agent, such as a virus, may cause cancer. These agents are
referred to as:
a person is suspected of having testicular cancer. which type of hGC test would be
2
more useful?
3 in nonpregnant women, progesterone is synthesized and secreted by the:
Which of the following statements regarding Ph1 is true?
A. It is seen exclusively in chronic myelogenous leukemia
4 B. It results from a translocation
C. It appears as a short-arm deletion of chromosome 21
D. It is associated with a poor prognosis
, Don't know?
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A physical agent, such as carcinogens
exposure to ultraviolet
light for an extended
period of time, or a
biological agent, such as
a virus, may cause cancer.
These agents are
referred to as:
Which one of the CA 125
following tumor markers
is not a carbohydrate-
related tumor marker
with its most important
clinical use in the
assessment of breast
cancer recurrence?
,A 49-year-old man visits a normal increase in PSA over time with age and
his physician with likely BPH.
complaints of back pain;
urinary frequency,
especially at night; and
difficulty passing urine.
Results of prostate-
specific antigen analysis
reveal a value of 2.0 µg/L.
The physician diagnoses
the problem as benign
prostatic hyperplasia
(BPH); however, because
the man's father had
prostate cancer, the
physician wants to track
this patient for possible
prostate cancer
development. Each year,
the man's PSA value
increases 0.5 µg/L. This
increase indicates:
In general, in which of Testing for recurrence
the following situations is
the analysis of a
glycoprotein tumor
marker, such as
carbohydrate-associated
antigen-125 (CA-125),
most useful?
, Which of the following It results from a translocation
statements regarding Ph1
is true?
A. It is seen exclusively in
chronic myelogenous
leukemia
B. It results from a
translocation
C. It appears as a short-
arm deletion of
chromosome 21
D. It is associated with a
poor prognosis
A patient treated for a Transient hCG increase caused by chemotherapy
germ cell tumor has a
total and free β-hCG
assay performed prior to
surgery. The result is
40,000 mIU/mL. One
week after surgery, the
hCG is 5,000 mIU/mL.
Chemotherapy is started,
and the hCG is measured
1 week later and found to
be 10,000 mIU/mL. What
does this indicate?
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Practice questions for this set
Learn 1 /7 Study with Learn
corpus luteum
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A physical agent, such as exposure to ultraviolet light for an extended period of
1 time, or a biological agent, such as a virus, may cause cancer. These agents are
referred to as:
a person is suspected of having testicular cancer. which type of hGC test would be
2
more useful?
3 in nonpregnant women, progesterone is synthesized and secreted by the:
Which of the following statements regarding Ph1 is true?
A. It is seen exclusively in chronic myelogenous leukemia
4 B. It results from a translocation
C. It appears as a short-arm deletion of chromosome 21
D. It is associated with a poor prognosis
, Don't know?
Terms in this set (158)
A physical agent, such as carcinogens
exposure to ultraviolet
light for an extended
period of time, or a
biological agent, such as
a virus, may cause cancer.
These agents are
referred to as:
Which one of the CA 125
following tumor markers
is not a carbohydrate-
related tumor marker
with its most important
clinical use in the
assessment of breast
cancer recurrence?
,A 49-year-old man visits a normal increase in PSA over time with age and
his physician with likely BPH.
complaints of back pain;
urinary frequency,
especially at night; and
difficulty passing urine.
Results of prostate-
specific antigen analysis
reveal a value of 2.0 µg/L.
The physician diagnoses
the problem as benign
prostatic hyperplasia
(BPH); however, because
the man's father had
prostate cancer, the
physician wants to track
this patient for possible
prostate cancer
development. Each year,
the man's PSA value
increases 0.5 µg/L. This
increase indicates:
In general, in which of Testing for recurrence
the following situations is
the analysis of a
glycoprotein tumor
marker, such as
carbohydrate-associated
antigen-125 (CA-125),
most useful?
, Which of the following It results from a translocation
statements regarding Ph1
is true?
A. It is seen exclusively in
chronic myelogenous
leukemia
B. It results from a
translocation
C. It appears as a short-
arm deletion of
chromosome 21
D. It is associated with a
poor prognosis
A patient treated for a Transient hCG increase caused by chemotherapy
germ cell tumor has a
total and free β-hCG
assay performed prior to
surgery. The result is
40,000 mIU/mL. One
week after surgery, the
hCG is 5,000 mIU/mL.
Chemotherapy is started,
and the hCG is measured
1 week later and found to
be 10,000 mIU/mL. What
does this indicate?
