Lung

Question 0

What are the common causes for lung cancer?

Answer 0

Smoking, arsenic, chromium or nickel, radon, air pollution, radiation exposure, and secondhand smoke.

Question 1

True or false: Brain MRI is required for staging of all cases of lung cancer.

Answer 1

False. Peripheral T1ab N0 doesn’t need brain MRI for staging.

Question 2

What is the lung cancer mortality rate reduction associated with annual CT screening?

Answer 2

20%

Question 3

Prognosis of large cell neuroendocrine cancer?

Answer 3

Worse than that for atypical carcinoids and classic large cell cancer.

Question 4

In contrast to EGFR, ALK translocations do not appear to have a clear association with patient sex or race. T or F?

Answer 4

T

Question 5

What is the 3-yr disease-free survival rate for stereotactic radiation for stage I lung cancer?

Answer 5

48%. This is usual reserved for tumor less than 5 cm in size and more than 2 cm away from the proximal bronchial tree.

Question 6

Role of adjuvant therapy for localized lung cancer?

Answer 6

For stage II to IIIA, adjuvant cisplatin-based chemo. For stage IB with 4 cm or more, adjuvant chemo should also be considered.

Question 7

Role of neoadjuvant chemo in lung cancer?

Answer 7

No study has shown a survival advantage.