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Question 1

What is Cancer?

Answer 1

Excess, uncontrolled growth of cells within that organism

Question 2

what is the smallest unit of life?

Answer 2

cell

Question 3

All cancers and both sexes: _____% of living for 5 years

Answer 3

66.9

Question 4

Based on known outcomes for large populations, it is the estimation of outcome for a patient with a specific tumor type/subtype

Answer 4

Prognosis

Question 5

Tumor types are derived from…

Answer 5

Sites of origin

Question 6

Solid tumors are treated by what type of doctor?

Answer 6

Oncologists

Question 7

‘liquid tumors’ are treated by what type of doctor?

Answer 7

hematologist

Question 8

Examples of Solid tumors

Answer 8

Carcinomas and sarcomas

Question 9

Examples of “liquid” tumors

Answer 9

Leukemias and Lymphomas

Question 10

TNM system:
size and invasive nature of the primary tumors

Answer 10

T

Question 11

TNM system:
number of nearby lymph nodes with tumor cells

Answer 11

N

Question 12

TNM system:
whether metastasis (spread to other tissues) has occurred

Answer 12

M

Question 13

What is Metastasis

Answer 13

The spread to other tissues