W/L Ch 37 Pediatric Quiz Flashcards
Which of the following cancers would most likely be seen in a child?
a. Retinoblastoma
b. Primary brain
c. Osteosarcoma
d. Hodgkin’s disease (HD)
b. Primary brain
Children are most likely to develop which type of leukemia?
a. ALL
b. AML
c. CLL
d. CML
a. ALL
Ewing sarcomas are cancers of which organ?
a. Kidney
b. Bone
c. Skeletal muscle
d. Smooth muscle
b. Bone
Rhabdomyosarcomas are cancers of which organ?
a. Kidney
b. Bone
c. Brain
d. Mesenchymal
d. Mesenchymal
Successful treatment of Langerhans cell histiocytosis requires what dose?
a. 200 to 400 cGy
b. 400 to 1200 cGy
c. 1500 to 2500 cGy
d. Greater than 4000 cGy
b. 400 to 1200 cGy
Treatment of rhabdomyosarcoma with radiation therapy is most effective when the cancer is located in the _______________.
a. orbit
b. bladder
c. skeletal muscle
d. kidney
a. orbit
The craniospinal treatment technique is used to treat what specific type of pediatric cancer?
a. Medulloblastoma
b. Neuroblastoma
c. Rhabdomyosarcoma
d. Retinoblastoma
a. Medulloblastoma
Which pediatric cancer is closely associated to nephroblastomatoses?
a. Ewing sarcoma
b. Medulloblastoma
c. Rhabdomyosarcoma
d. Wilms’ tumor
d. Wilms’ tumor
Trilateral retinoblastoma includes cancer of which other cranial structure?
a. Pituitary gland
b. Pineal gland
c. Parotid gland
d. Paranasal sinuses
b. Pineal gland
What is the most common presenting symptom of a soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity?
a. Pain
b. Mass
c. Loss of mobility
d. Headache
b. Mass
What is the most common intracranial tumor in children?
a. Medulloblastoma
b. Metastatic lesion
c. Astrocytoma
d. Craniopharyngioma
c. Astrocytoma
Which pediatric cancer has the best overall survival?
a. ALL
b. Neuroblastoma
c. Wilms’ tumor
d. HD
d. HD
Which area is least likely to develop rhabdomyosarcoma?
a. Testis
b. Head and neck
c. Lower extremity
d. Upper extremity
b. Head and neck
Which pediatric cancer spreads through the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)?
a. Leukemia
b. Medulloblastoma
c. Neuroblastoma
d. Retinoblastoma
b. Medulloblastoma
Which pediatric cancer occurs in the sympathetic nervous system ganglia?
a. Medulloblastoma
b. Neuroblastoma
c. Primary brain lesions
d. Retinoblastoma
b. Neuroblastoma
Which pediatric cancer occurs in the testes and ovaries?
a. Germ cell tumor
b. Neuroblastoma
c. Rhabdomyosarcoma
d. Wilms’ tumor
a. Germ cell tumor
Wilms’ tumors are cancers of which organ?
a. Kidney
b. Bone
c. Skeletal muscle
d. Smooth muscle
a. Kidney
Medulloblastomas typically begin in which area of the brain?
a. Brain stem
b. Cerebellum
c. Cerebrum
d. Hypothalamus
b. Cerebellum
Which pediatric brain tumor often mimics medulloblastomas?
a. Ependymomas
b. Low-grade astrocytomas
c. High-grade astrocytomas
d. CNS germ cell tumors
a. Ependymomas
To what dose are medulloblastomas traditionally treated?
a. 2600 cGy
b. 3600 cGy
c. 4600 cGy
d. 5600 cGy
e. 6600 cGy
d. 5600 cGy
The most common pediatric cancer is _________________.
a. medulloblastoma
b. retinoblastoma
c. acute leukemia
d. Wilms’ tumor
c. acute leukemia
Keloids may be treated by surgical resection and adjuvant radiation therapy to doses of ____________ cGy.
a. 900 to 1200
b. 2000 to 3000
c. 3500 to 4500
d. 4500 to 5000
a. 900 to 1200
The best control for keloids is obtained by resection and low-dose radiation (900 to 1200 cGy in three fractions).
Pituitary adenomas in children that are not successfully managed by surgery and hormonal suppression may be treated with radiation using which of the following?
a. Single-field electrons
b. Multiple-field photons
c. HDR brachytherapy
d. Multiple-field electrons
b. Multiple-field photons
