Test 4: cancer

Question 1

most common cancer for children 0-14

Answer 1

Leukemia

Question 2

most common cancer for children 15-19

Answer 2

Hodgkin

Question 3

cancer cell characteristics

Answer 3

Lack of differentiation
Loss of contact inhibition
Unregulated growth
Cellular immortality

Question 4

hematology malignancies

Answer 4

Leukemia

Lymphoma

Question 5

Solid tumors

Answer 5

Brain tumors
Neuroblastoma
Bone tumors
Wilms tumor
Rhabdomyosarcoma 
retinoblastoma

Question 6

uncontrolled proliferation of immature white blood cells in blood forming tissues of the body

Answer 6

leukemia

Question 7

peak onset for leukemia

Answer 7

2-10

Question 8

length of treatment for leukemia

Answer 8

2 years for girls 3 years for boys

Question 9

malignant disease originating in lymphoid system

Answer 9

lymphoma

Question 10

More common in children 15-19 years old
Usually affects cervical, axillary, and inguinal areas
Is a malignancy that involves the spleen and lymphatic system with two major types

Answer 10

Hodgkins lymphoma

Question 11

More common in children < 14 years old
Usually affects deeper lymph nodes
lymphoma originates in the cells and organs of the immune system and are differentiated by involvement of the T or B cell lymphomas

Answer 11

Non-hodgkins lymphoma

Question 12

length of treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Answer 12

6 months

Question 13

length of treatment for non hodgkins lymphoma

Answer 13

3 months to 2 years or more with advanced disease

Question 14

most common solid tumor in children

Answer 14

brain tumors

Question 15

length of treatment for brain tumors

Answer 15

6 months to 1 year

Question 16

malignancy of the neuroblasts

Answer 16

neuroblastoma

Question 17

length of treatment for neuroblastoma

Answer 17

8 to 18 months

Question 18

Malignant bone tumor occurring at end of long bones
Arises from the osseous tissue in the bone

Answer 18

osteosarcoma

Question 19

Undifferentiated bone tumor occurring in middle of long bones
Aries from the marrow spaces of the bone and commonly involves metastasis

Answer 19

Ewings sarcoma

Question 20

what will osteosarcoma look like in plain radiograph

Answer 20

sunburst pattern and or fracture

Question 21

what will ewings sarcoma look like in plain radiograph

Answer 21

moth eaten

Question 22

treatment length for osteosarcoma

Answer 22

7 to 10 months

Question 23

treatment length for ewings sarcoma

Answer 23

10 to 12 months

Question 24

malignant renal and intraabdominal tumor of childhood

Answer 24

Wilms tumor

Question 25

length of treatment for wilms tumor

Answer 25

7 months

Question 26

malignant tumor of undifferentiated mesenchymal cells in muscles

Answer 26

rhabdomyosarcoma

Question 27

where is the rhabdomyosarcoma located in children younger than 8

Answer 27

head or neck

Question 28

where is the rhabdomyosarcoma located in infants

Answer 28

GU

Question 29

where is the rhabdomyosarcoma located in adolescents

Answer 29

extremities

Question 30

treatment length for rhabdomyosarcoma

Answer 30

10 months

Question 31

malignant tumor of the retina

Answer 31

retinoblastoma

Question 32

treatment length of retinoblastoma

Answer 32

6 to 8 months