Which treatment involves radioactive implants (needles, wires, capsules, pellets/seeds) inserted into the tumor or the tissue around the tumor? A) intravenous radiotherapy B) external beam radiotherapy C) intracavitary radiotherapy D) interstitial radiotherapy
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Which medical procedure involves the insertion of a catheter into the bladder for administration of chemotherapy drugs? A) intracavitary chemotherapy B) intravesical chemotherapy C) intrathecal catheter D) peripherally inserted catheter
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Process by which cancerous cells break off from a tumor and move through the blood vessels or lymphatic vessels to other sites in the body. Select the correct spelling of this word. A) mastastasis B) metestesis C) mestatasis D) metastasis
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The medical and surgical procedures that classify cancer by how far it has spread in the body are known as: A) staging. B) layering. C) grading. D) sizing.
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The TNM system tells all of the following things about a cancer except ________. A) the prognosis B) the size of the primary tumor C) the presence or absence of metastases D) the number of lymph nodes affected
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Lymphadenopathy is commonly felt in all of these sites except: A) axillae. B) groin. C) neck. D) legs.
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A ________ is done during surgery so that the surgeon knows immediately if the tissue is cancerous or not. A) frozen section B) karyotype C) receptor assay D) mammography
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Which statement is true? A) Chemotherapy protocols use a combination of several different chemotherapy drugs that are administered together. B) Chemotherapy drugs never contain platinum. C) Chemotherapy drugs cannot include hormonal drugs because hormones will make a tumor grow. D) There are no antibiotic chemotherapy drugs because antibiotics are used to treat infections and cancer is not an infection.
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Intravesical chemotherapy is a medical procedure using a catheter to insert a chemotherapy drug into the: A) stomach. B) bladder. C) uterus. D) colon.
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________ detect, engulf, and destroy cancerous cells. A) NK cells B) Oncogenes C) Suppressor genes D) Lysosomes
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