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Based on findings during the case study, is it likely that the patient will experience a malignancy or recurrence linked to the removed tumor?

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No, highly unlikely to be recurrent/malignant

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Patient did not exhibit neurofibromas/schwannomas in….

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None of the above

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What is the number one cause of head and neck cancer?

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Tobacco use

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What head and neck cancer has the lowest 5 year survival rate?

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Hypopharynx

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What is the increased likelihood that you’ll develop melanoma from tanning?

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74%

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How does getting the proper amount of sleep help prevent cancer?

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Increases immune system functionality + normalizes your circadian rhythm –> both A & B

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What is a common cancer found in cigarettes?

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Benzo[a]pyrene

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What year was Zelboraf approved for the FDA?

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2011

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What does Zelboraf inhibit?

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B-RAF

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What cancer is not associated with Castleman’s Disease (CD?)

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Breast cancer

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What are the two main types of CD?

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Unicentric and multicentric

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What is the ranking for ovarian cancer deaths in women?

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5th

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Which tumor cell makes up 85-90% of the ovarian carcinomas?

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Epithelial tumor

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What % of all cancer cases in the US are represented by kidney cancer?

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3.8%

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Which of the following deals with the removal of the kidney completely?

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Simple nephrectomy

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Which is not one of the three properties of nano particles?

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Only made of metals

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What % of all lung cancers are carcinoid tumors?

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2%

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Where does pleural mesothelioma start at?

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Chest

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What grade astrocytoma is glioblastoma multiforme?

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Grade 4

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Before the cancer cells spread out of the milk duct, what is it called?

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Ductal carcinoma in situ

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Who was the first to discover the correlation between chimney sweeps and scrotum cancer?

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Percival Pott

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Methotrexate is the standard form of treatment for which form of cancer?

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ALL (acute lymphocytic leukemia)

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What month is blood cancer awareness month?

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September

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What is the biggest risk factor for developing oropharyngeal cancer?

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Unprotected sex

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In what ways can you help prevent cancer?

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Be active and maintain a healthy lifestyle

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Endometrial cancers account for __% of all cancers in women

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6%

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Cannabis can reduce all of the following except

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Heart rate

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Melanoma cancer starts in ____

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Melanocytes

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Translocation of the __ gene leads to increased

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FGR3

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What is the number one cause of head and neck cancer?

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Alcohol

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Only high level food carcinogens can give humans cancer T/F

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False

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What % of colorectal cancers are based on hereditary conditions?

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10-15%

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Which of the primary types of leukemia is most dominant in children?

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ALL

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What antigen is expressed on most B cell malignancies and is targeted by CAR-modified T cells in adoptive therapy?

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CD19

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Which is a side effect of CAR T cell therapy?

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All of the above

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Most mutations involved in hereditary cancer syndromes are inherited in one of two main patterns: autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive T/F

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True

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What is the most common first sign a child has retinoblastoma?

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Leukocoria

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About how many US children are diagnosed yearly with retinoblastoma?

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250-350

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What month is national prostate awareness month?

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September

39
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The transformation zone is where the 2 types of cells meet T/F

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True

40
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PAHs are classified as an indirect carcinoma T/F

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True

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Exocrine tumors are the most common form of pancreatic cancer T/F

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True

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Stomach cancer is the 3rd leading cause of cancer worldwide T/F

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False

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Stomach cancer affects more men than women T/F

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True

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Which ethnicity has the highest mortality from breast cancer in the US?

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African Americans

45
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How many of newly diagnosed cases of Non-Hodgkins lymphoma result in DLBCL?

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30-40%

46
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If you are diagnosed with a resectable lung carcinoid tumor, what is your best treatment option?

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Surgery

47
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Basal cell carcinoma is a slow growing noninvasive cancer T/F

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True

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What is the main cause of non-melanoma skin cancers?

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UV rays

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How do the majority of pineaoblastomas form?

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Sporadically

50
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Somatic Gene Therapy allows the affected individual to pass the defective gene on T/F

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False

51
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What is not a viral vector used in somatic gene therapy?

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Ebola

52
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What stage of prostate cancer has a Gleason score of 6?

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Stage 1

53
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Inherited genetic mutations play a major role in what % of all cancers?

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5-10%

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Hodgkin lymphoma is the _ most common cancer

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7th

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What is the most common form of cancer in pregnant women?

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Cervical cancer

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Most cervical cancers are adenocarcinomas? T/F

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True

57
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Which involves the removal of the uterus and cervix?

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Radical hysterectomy

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Deletions in which chromosomes are most associated with teratomas in children?

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1 and 6

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The most common congenital teratoma occurs at which site?

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Sacroccygeal teratoma

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Taking Tamoxifen will increase a woman’s chance of developing endometrial cancers? T/F

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True

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What enzyme does methotrexate inhibit?

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DHFR

62
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What gene mutation seems to be developing force behind oropharyngeal cancer?

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P53

63
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Which tumor cells make up 85-90% of ovarian carcinomas?

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Epithelial tumor

64
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How many different subgroups of GBM are there?

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2

65
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Which tissue type of mesothelioma is most common?

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Epithiloid

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