Which of the following are not warning signs of cancer?
a. balding
b. indigestion
c. nagging cough
d. unusual bleeding
a. balding
Cancer causing genes are known as:
a. oncogenes
b. oncogenics
c. oncolytics
d. onocogenes
a. oncogenes
Classifications of cancers are all of the following except
a. oncogenoma
b. mixed: leukemia, lymphomas, myelomas
c. carcinomas
d. sarcomas
a. oncogenoma
In the term lymphangiosarcoma, the combining form means:
a. lymph
b. vessel
c. flesh
d. tumor
b. vessel
The first virus known to cause cancer in humans is:
a. human B-cell leukemia-lymphoma virus
b. herpes zoster
c. T-lympocytoma virus
d. human T-cell leukemia-lymphoma virus
d. human T-cell leukemia-lymphoma virus
A cancerous tumor derived from cartilage cells is:
a. choriocarcinoma
b. carcinoma
c. chondrosarcoma
d. sarcochondroma
c. chondrosarcoma
Tumors are classified according to
a. anatomic site of origin
b. staging
c. grading
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Which of the following terms means a cancerous tumor of the brain?
a. glioma
b. glyoma
c. crainioma
d. crainoma
a. glioma
In the term neuroblastoma, the suffix -blast means:
a. immature cell
b. formation
c. pertaining to
d. produce
a. immature cell
A cancerous tumor of the kidney occurring mainly in children is called:
a. hypernephroma
b. Wilm's tumor
c. glioblastoma
d. teratoma
b. Wilm's tumor
A primary bone cancer occurring in the pelvic area or in one of the long bones is:
a. Hodgkin's disease
b. Wilm's tumor
c. Kaposi's sarcoma
d. Ewing's sarcoma
d. Ewing's sarcoma
The treatment of choice when the tumor is small and localized is:
a. immunotherapy
b. radiation
c. chemotherapy
d. surgery
d. surgery
All of the following are related except
a. lymposarcoma
b. lymphoblastoma
c. lymphoma
d. cancerous disease of lymphatic tissue
c. lymphoma
Which test is used to diagnose fetal distress and some liver disorders:
a. HCG
b. APGAR
c. AFP
d. PAP
c. AFP
Which of the following is not a method used to treat cancer?
a. physical therapy
b. surgery
c. chemotherapy
d. immunotherapy
a. physical therapy
Excessive formation and growth of normal cells is:
a. hyperplasia
b. hyperhidrosis
c. hypercyesis
d. hypercalcemia
a. hyperplasia
A _____________ is a cancerous black mole or tumor.
a. melanoma
b. myeloma
c. melanoblast
d. neoplasm
a. melanoma
In the term anaplasia, the prefix ana- means:
a. lack of
b. after
c. before
d. up
d. up
The prefix brachy- means
a. excessive
b. branching
c. short
d. before
c. short
The root cyt means
a. growth
b. cyst
c. cell
d. differentiation
c. cell
A cancerous tumor that arises from cartilage cells is termed:
a. chondroma
b. chondromalacia
c. chondrocarcinoma
d. chondrosarcoma
d. chondrosarcoma
The root in the term glioma means:
a. sticky
b. glide
c. none of these
d. glue
d. glue
The combining form chondr/o means
a. cell
b. cartilage
c. cancer
d. blood
b. cartilage
Which of the following is a consideration when determining the use of radiotherapy?
a. all of these
b. tumor is moderately sensitive to radiation
c. tumor is surrounded by normal tissue
d. tumor is not widely spread
a. all of these
The root sarc means
a. bone
b. cancer
c. seed
d. flesh
d. flesh