Treatment Sites and Tumors Flashcards
The primary drainage site for a nasopharyngeal tumor is
retropharyngeal node
What is the most common breast and quadrant in which cancer is found?
left and upper outer quadrant
A symptom is defined as
subjective indication of a disease or change in condition as perceived by the patient
A 12-year-old child’s femur x-ray shows a tumor with an appearance that could be described as “onion skin”. What type of primary is this most likely to be?
Ewing’s sarcoma
Carcinoma of the endometrium occurs most often in:
Women > 50 who present with painless vaginal bleeding
Which is the most common extra-cranial solid tumor in children under the age of 4?
Neuroblastoma
Etiology of bladder cancer includes
increasing age, male, smoking, and aniline dye workers
Place the following white blood cells from least to most abundant: I. Eosinophils II. Basophils III. Lymphocyte IV. Monocytes
II, I, IV, III
What virus is known to cause nasopharyngeal cancers?
Ebstein-Barr virus
What type of leukemia is most common in general?
AML
What are the B symptoms of Lymphoma?
Night sweats, fever > 100.4, extreme weight loss
What are common clinical presentations for retinoblastoma?
Leukocoria and strabismus
Hydrocephalus is a common presenting symptom of which brain cancer?
Medulloblastoma
Which of the following cancers uses the CA-125 blood test as a diagnostic procedure?
Ovarian
At what dose could the patient begin to experience mouth changes such as xerostomia, mucositis, or taste changes?
20-30 Gy
