SURGERY OTHER RECALLS Flashcards
The incidence of liver cancer can be reduced by which of the following primary care methods?
HBV infant vaccination
Which of the following alteration in cell physiology dictates malignant growth?
Evasion of apoptosis
Which phase of the cell cycle is bypassed by tumor cells to give them a proliferative advantage?
Quiescent phase
In the adenoma-carcinoma model of human colorectal carcinogenesis, which of the following initiates the neoplastic process?
Mutations in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene
Which of the following is true about oncogenes?
They are also called proto-oncogenes when they were normal
Tumors in which the malignant cells appear to lie exclusively above the basement membrane are called which of the following?
Carcinoma in-situ
What is the first step in the metastatic process of a tumurous growth?
Develop access to the circulation through the blood circulatory system
Metastatic single cells can colonize sites and remain dormant for years as occult micro metastases
True
These cells have the ability to perpetuate themselves through self-renewal and to generate mature cells of a particular tissue through differentiation
Stem cells
Which of the following types of cancer can be cured by chemotherapy alone?
Testicular carcinoma
Which of the following is the most important risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma?
Previous diagnosis of hepatitis virus
This type of biopsy procedure is best for the diagnosis of sarcoma and lymphoma
Core needle biospy
