Oncology Nursing Exam Questions and
Answers Graded A+
Leading sites of new cancer cases - Correct answer-Male- prostate
Female- Breast
Leading cause of cancer deaths - Correct answer-Male- lung and bronchus
Female- lung and bronchus
without shape or differentiation, small and round - Correct answer-Anaplastic
A Developmental gene expressed at an inappropriate time, capable of transforming
a normal cell into a cancer cell - Correct answer-Oncogene
cancer development; also called carcinogenesis - Correct answer-Oncogenisis
substances that change the activity of a cell's genes so that the cell becomes a
cancer cell. May be chemicals, physical agents, or viruses - Correct answer-
Carcinogen
COMMON CARCINOGENS - Correct answer-Alcohol
Steroids
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,Arsenic
Asbestos
Benzene
Chemotherapy drugs
Diesel exhaust
formaldehyde
new cell growth not needed for normal body growth - Correct answer-Neoplasm
new, nonmalignant cell growth not needed for normal body growth - Correct
answer-Benign neoplasm
cancerous, new growth of cells by invasion that is not needed for normal growth
and development - Correct answer-Malignant neoplasm
a tumor formed in a specific tissue as a result of a carcinogenic agent or event -
Correct answer-Primary tumor
a tumor formed as a result of breaking off from a primary tumor and spreading to
distant sites (metastisis) - Correct answer-Secondary tumor
cell division by exact duplication
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, -Most tissues and organs stop growing by cell division after development is
complete - Correct answer-Mitosis
growth that causes tissue to increase in size by enlarging each cell-normal cells -
Correct answer-Hypertrophy
growth that causes tissue to increase in size by increasing the number of cells-
cancer - Correct answer-Hyperplasia
the amount of time it takes for a tumor to double in size by mitotic cell divisions -
Correct answer-Doubling time
the low white blood cell counts that occur after cancer chemotherapy- usually 7 to
10 days after administration - Correct answer-Nadir
chemicals that can cause tissue damage on direct contact - Correct answer-Vesicant
the period of time necessary for one cell to enter and complete one round of cell
division by mitosis - Correct answer-Generation time
Characteristics of normal cells - Correct answer--Limited cell division
1. to develop normal tissue
2. to replace lost or damaged normal tissue
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Answers Graded A+
Leading sites of new cancer cases - Correct answer-Male- prostate
Female- Breast
Leading cause of cancer deaths - Correct answer-Male- lung and bronchus
Female- lung and bronchus
without shape or differentiation, small and round - Correct answer-Anaplastic
A Developmental gene expressed at an inappropriate time, capable of transforming
a normal cell into a cancer cell - Correct answer-Oncogene
cancer development; also called carcinogenesis - Correct answer-Oncogenisis
substances that change the activity of a cell's genes so that the cell becomes a
cancer cell. May be chemicals, physical agents, or viruses - Correct answer-
Carcinogen
COMMON CARCINOGENS - Correct answer-Alcohol
Steroids
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,Arsenic
Asbestos
Benzene
Chemotherapy drugs
Diesel exhaust
formaldehyde
new cell growth not needed for normal body growth - Correct answer-Neoplasm
new, nonmalignant cell growth not needed for normal body growth - Correct
answer-Benign neoplasm
cancerous, new growth of cells by invasion that is not needed for normal growth
and development - Correct answer-Malignant neoplasm
a tumor formed in a specific tissue as a result of a carcinogenic agent or event -
Correct answer-Primary tumor
a tumor formed as a result of breaking off from a primary tumor and spreading to
distant sites (metastisis) - Correct answer-Secondary tumor
cell division by exact duplication
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, -Most tissues and organs stop growing by cell division after development is
complete - Correct answer-Mitosis
growth that causes tissue to increase in size by enlarging each cell-normal cells -
Correct answer-Hypertrophy
growth that causes tissue to increase in size by increasing the number of cells-
cancer - Correct answer-Hyperplasia
the amount of time it takes for a tumor to double in size by mitotic cell divisions -
Correct answer-Doubling time
the low white blood cell counts that occur after cancer chemotherapy- usually 7 to
10 days after administration - Correct answer-Nadir
chemicals that can cause tissue damage on direct contact - Correct answer-Vesicant
the period of time necessary for one cell to enter and complete one round of cell
division by mitosis - Correct answer-Generation time
Characteristics of normal cells - Correct answer--Limited cell division
1. to develop normal tissue
2. to replace lost or damaged normal tissue
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