Student Presentations Flashcards
Based on findings during the case study, is it likely that the patient will experience a malignancy or recurrence linked to the removed tumor?
No, highly unlikely to be recurrent/malignant
Patient did not exhibit neurofibromas/schwannomas in….
None of the above
What is the number one cause of head and neck cancer?
Tobacco use
What head and neck cancer has the lowest 5 year survival rate?
Hypopharynx
What is the increased likelihood that you’ll develop melanoma from tanning?
74%
How does getting the proper amount of sleep help prevent cancer?
Increases immune system functionality + normalizes your circadian rhythm –> both A & B
What is a common cancer found in cigarettes?
Benzo[a]pyrene
What year was Zelboraf approved for the FDA?
2011
What does Zelboraf inhibit?
B-RAF
What cancer is not associated with Castleman’s Disease (CD?)
Breast cancer
What are the two main types of CD?
Unicentric and multicentric
What is the ranking for ovarian cancer deaths in women?
5th
Which tumor cell makes up 85-90% of the ovarian carcinomas?
Epithelial tumor
What % of all cancer cases in the US are represented by kidney cancer?
3.8%
Which of the following deals with the removal of the kidney completely?
Simple nephrectomy
Which is not one of the three properties of nano particles?
Only made of metals
What % of all lung cancers are carcinoid tumors?
2%
Where does pleural mesothelioma start at?
Chest
What grade astrocytoma is glioblastoma multiforme?
Grade 4
Before the cancer cells spread out of the milk duct, what is it called?
Ductal carcinoma in situ
Who was the first to discover the correlation between chimney sweeps and scrotum cancer?
Percival Pott
Methotrexate is the standard form of treatment for which form of cancer?
ALL (acute lymphocytic leukemia)
What month is blood cancer awareness month?
September
What is the biggest risk factor for developing oropharyngeal cancer?
Unprotected sex
In what ways can you help prevent cancer?
Be active and maintain a healthy lifestyle
Endometrial cancers account for __% of all cancers in women
6%
Cannabis can reduce all of the following except
Heart rate
Melanoma cancer starts in ____
Melanocytes
Translocation of the __ gene leads to increased
FGR3
What is the number one cause of head and neck cancer?
Alcohol
Only high level food carcinogens can give humans cancer T/F
False
What % of colorectal cancers are based on hereditary conditions?
10-15%
Which of the primary types of leukemia is most dominant in children?
ALL
What antigen is expressed on most B cell malignancies and is targeted by CAR-modified T cells in adoptive therapy?
CD19
Which is a side effect of CAR T cell therapy?
All of the above
Most mutations involved in hereditary cancer syndromes are inherited in one of two main patterns: autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive T/F
True
What is the most common first sign a child has retinoblastoma?
Leukocoria
About how many US children are diagnosed yearly with retinoblastoma?
250-350
What month is national prostate awareness month?
September
The transformation zone is where the 2 types of cells meet T/F
True
PAHs are classified as an indirect carcinoma T/F
True
Exocrine tumors are the most common form of pancreatic cancer T/F
True
Stomach cancer is the 3rd leading cause of cancer worldwide T/F
False
Stomach cancer affects more men than women T/F
True
Which ethnicity has the highest mortality from breast cancer in the US?
African Americans
How many of newly diagnosed cases of Non-Hodgkins lymphoma result in DLBCL?
30-40%
If you are diagnosed with a resectable lung carcinoid tumor, what is your best treatment option?
Surgery
Basal cell carcinoma is a slow growing noninvasive cancer T/F
True
What is the main cause of non-melanoma skin cancers?
UV rays
How do the majority of pineaoblastomas form?
Sporadically
Somatic Gene Therapy allows the affected individual to pass the defective gene on T/F
False
What is not a viral vector used in somatic gene therapy?
Ebola
What stage of prostate cancer has a Gleason score of 6?
Stage 1
Inherited genetic mutations play a major role in what % of all cancers?
5-10%
Hodgkin lymphoma is the _ most common cancer
7th
What is the most common form of cancer in pregnant women?
Cervical cancer
Most cervical cancers are adenocarcinomas? T/F
True
Which involves the removal of the uterus and cervix?
Radical hysterectomy
Deletions in which chromosomes are most associated with teratomas in children?
1 and 6
The most common congenital teratoma occurs at which site?
Sacroccygeal teratoma
Taking Tamoxifen will increase a woman’s chance of developing endometrial cancers? T/F
True
What enzyme does methotrexate inhibit?
DHFR
What gene mutation seems to be developing force behind oropharyngeal cancer?
P53
Which tumor cells make up 85-90% of ovarian carcinomas?
Epithelial tumor
How many different subgroups of GBM are there?
2
Which tissue type of mesothelioma is most common?
Epithiloid
