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formative assessment neoplasia Flashcards

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What is this?

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neutrophil polymorph

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Which one of the following tumours never metastasises?
A. Malignant melanoma
B. Small cell carcinoma of the lung
C. Basal cell carcinoma of the skin
D. Breast cancer

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C. Basal cell carcinoma of the skin

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What is the name of a malignant tumour of striated muscle?

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rhabdo myo sarcoma

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Which of the following tumours does not commonly metastasise to bone?
A. Breast cancer
B. Lung cancer
C. Prostate cancer
D. Liposarcoma

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D. Liposarcoma

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which cancers often metastasise?

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  • Breast cancer
  • Lung cancer
  • Prostate cancer
  • Renal cell cancer
  • Thyroid cancer
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What is happening here?

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  • Mutations producing cancer cell
  • Carcinoma in situ
  • Invasion through basement
    membrane
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What term describes a cancer that has not invaded through the basement membrane?

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carcinoma in situ

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What is this?

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T lymphocyte reacting with antigen

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What is the name of a benign tumour of glandular epithelium?

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adenoma

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What is this?

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thrombosis

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Which one of these tumours does not have a screening programme in the UK?
A. Breast cancer
B. Colorectal cancer
C. Cervical cancer
D. Lung cancer

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D. Lung cancer

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Which one of the following is not known to be a carcinogen in humans?
A. Hepatitis C virus
B. Ionising radiation
C. Aromatic amines
D. Aspergillus niger

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D. Aspergillus niger

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What is the name of a benign tumour of fat cells?

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lipoma

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What is the name of a malignant tumour of glandular epithelium?

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adenocarcinoma

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Which one of the following is not a feature of malignant tumours?
A. Vascular invasion
B. Metastasis
C. Increased cell division
D. Growth related to overall body growth

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D. Growth related to overall body growth

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A transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder is a malignant tumour?
A. True B. False

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A. True

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A leiomyoma is a benign tumour of smooth muscle?
A. True B. False

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A. True

18
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Radon gas is a cause of lung cancer?
A. True B. False

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A. True

19
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Asbestos is a human carcinogen?
A. True B. False

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A. True
malignant tumour of serosal surfaces

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Which lifestyle factor is most likely to cause cancer?
A. Drinking half a bottle of wine a day
B. Being obese
C. Running for 20 mins twice a week
D. Smoking 20 cigarettes a day

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D. Smoking 20 cigarettes a day- 26x the risk of lung cancer

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Which tumour has the shortest median survival?
A. Basal cell carcinoma of the skin
B. Malignant melanoma of the skin
C. Breast cancer
D. Anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid

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D. Anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid

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Ovarian cancer commonly spreads in the peritoneum
A. True B. False

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A. True

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A 27 year old woman presents to the Accident and Emergency Department with abdominal pain. She says that it started the day before when she felt non-specifically unwell and felt pain in the middle of her abdomen. She slept rather fitfully and woke up this morning with a more severe pain that had moved to her right groin region. A diagnosis of acute appendicitis is made and her appendix is removed during a laparoscopic operation. The appendix is sent to the Department of Histopathology where it is sampled and microscopic slides are produced. The Consultant Histopathologist looks at the lumen of the appendix on a high power lens on her microscope.
What is the predominant type of inflammatory cell that she sees?
a. Eosinophil
b. Lymphocyte
c. Macrophage
d. Mast cell
e. Neutrophil polymorph

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A 25 year old lawyer falls on the ski slopes and after being taken off the slopes on a stretcher a radiograph shows a depressed fracture of the tibia. During an operation the depression is elevated and internally fixed and the leg is immobilised in plaster. After 6 weeks the plaster is taken off. The patient notices that the leg which had the fracture appears to be much thinner than the other leg.
If a biopsy was taken (not clinically indicated in this case) from the quadriceps muscle of the affected leg what would it show?
a. Atrophy
b. Hyperplasia c. Hypertrophy d. Metaplasia e. Dysplasia
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