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Cancer Nursing Quiz Series - II
This page was last updated on March 2, 2011

1. If an extravasation of chemotherapeutic agent is suspected, the first thing to do is:

A. Irrigate the site with normal saline

B. Stop the infusion of the chemotherapy.

C. Call the physician

D. Give antidote for the medicine if available.

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2. Human chorionic gonadotropin as a tumor marker is found elevated in:

A. Gestational trophoblastic disease, gonadal germ cell tumor

B. Medullary cancer of the thyroid

C. Pheochromocytoma

D. Prostate cancer

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3. Monoclonal immunoglobulin is found to be high in:

A. Prostate cancer

B. Hepatocellular carcinoma

C. Myeloma

D. Ovarian cancer

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4. Helicobacter pylori is believed to be associated with:

A. Prostate cancer

B. Lung cancer

C. Vaginal cancer

D. Gastric cancer

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5. Kaposi's sarcoma is associated with:

A. Human papilloma virus

B. Human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)

C. Human immunodeficiency virus

D. Epstein-Barr virus

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6. _______________ is used for chemoprevention of breast cancer.

A. Estrogens

B. Tamoxifen

C. Diethylstilbestrol

D. Androgens

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7. American Cancer Society (ACS) recommends breast self-examination as a screening measure for every women of _________ age group.

A. >20, monthly

B. > 35 years, yearly

C. > 50 years, yearly

D. >55 years, weekly

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8. Colorectal Cancer screening include all the following, EXCEPT:

A. Fecal occult blood testing (FOBT)

B. Digital rectal examination (DRE)

c. Radiographic barium contrast studies

D. Papanicolaou smears test

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9. 11q22-q23 gene is associated with:

A. Lymphomas

B. Breast cancer

c. Stomach cancers

D. Prostate carcinoma

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10. Epstein-Barr virus is known to be associated with:

A. hepatocellular carcinoma

B. cervical cancer

C. Burkitt's lymphoma

D. T cell leukemia

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11. Phenotypic characteristics of malignant cells include all, EXCEPT:

A. Deregulated cell proliferation

B. Loss of normal apoptosis pathways

C. Metastasis

D. High level of differentiation

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12. _____________ is a monoclonal antibodies group of drug, indicated in breast cancer .

A. Trastuzumab

B. Bortezomib

c. Cyclophosphamide

D. Mechlorethamine

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13. Brachytherapy is a type of therapeutic radiation of cancer tissue in which:

A. beams of radiation generated at a distance and aimed at the tumor within the patient.

B. radioactive substances are injected in the blood stream.

c. encapsulated sources of radiation implanted directly into or adjacent to tumor tissues.

D. radionuclides targeted in some fashion to a site of tumor.

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14. ____________ is a syndrome charecterised by rapid tumor cell death which releases intracellular contents and causes hyperkalemia, hyperphosphatemia, and hyperuricemia in patients who are on chemotherapy.

A. inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH)

B. Tumor lysis syndrome

C. Gitelman's syndrome

D. Liddle syndrome

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15. Ondansetron, 8 mg IV given before chemotherapy is to prevent:

A. pain

B. dyspnea

c. nausea and vomiting

D. weakness

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1. C 2. A 3. C 4.D 5. C
6. B 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. C
11. D 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. C
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