Oncology Nursing Exam Questions With
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Leading |sites |of |new |cancer |cases |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Male- |prostate
Female- |Breast
Leading |cause |of |cancer |deaths |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Male- |lung |and |bronchus
Female- |lung |and |bronchus
without |shape |or |differentiation, |small |and |round |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Anaplastic
A |Developmental |gene |expressed |at |an |inappropriate |time, |capable |of |transforming |a |normal |
cell |into |a |cancer |cell |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Oncogene
cancer |development; |also |called |carcinogenesis |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Oncogenisis
substances |that |change |the |activity |of |a |cell's |genes |so |that |the |cell |becomes |a |cancer |cell. |
May |be |chemicals, |physical |agents, |or |viruses |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Carcinogen
COMMON |CARCINOGENS |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Alcohol
Steroids
Arsenic
Asbestos
Benzene
Chemotherapy |drugs
, Diesel |exhaust
formaldehyde
new |cell |growth |not |needed |for |normal |body |growth |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Neoplasm
new, |nonmalignant |cell |growth |not |needed |for |normal |body |growth |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
Benign |neoplasm
cancerous, |new |growth |of |cells |by |invasion |that |is |not |needed |for |normal |growth |and |
development |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Malignant |neoplasm
a |tumor |formed |in |a |specific |tissue |as |a |result |of |a |carcinogenic |agent |or |event |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Primary |tumor
a |tumor |formed |as |a |result |of |breaking |off |from |a |primary |tumor |and |spreading |to |distant |
sites |(metastisis) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Secondary |tumor
cell |division |by |exact |duplication |
-Most |tissues |and |organs |stop |growing |by |cell |division |after |development |is |complete |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Mitosis
growth |that |causes |tissue |to |increase |in |size |by |enlarging |each |cell-normal |cells |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Hypertrophy
growth |that |causes |tissue |to |increase |in |size |by |increasing |the |number |of |cells- |cancer |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Hyperplasia
the |amount |of |time |it |takes |for |a |tumor |to |double |in |size |by |mitotic |cell |divisions |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Doubling |time
Correct Answers
Leading |sites |of |new |cancer |cases |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Male- |prostate
Female- |Breast
Leading |cause |of |cancer |deaths |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Male- |lung |and |bronchus
Female- |lung |and |bronchus
without |shape |or |differentiation, |small |and |round |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Anaplastic
A |Developmental |gene |expressed |at |an |inappropriate |time, |capable |of |transforming |a |normal |
cell |into |a |cancer |cell |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Oncogene
cancer |development; |also |called |carcinogenesis |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Oncogenisis
substances |that |change |the |activity |of |a |cell's |genes |so |that |the |cell |becomes |a |cancer |cell. |
May |be |chemicals, |physical |agents, |or |viruses |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Carcinogen
COMMON |CARCINOGENS |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Alcohol
Steroids
Arsenic
Asbestos
Benzene
Chemotherapy |drugs
, Diesel |exhaust
formaldehyde
new |cell |growth |not |needed |for |normal |body |growth |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Neoplasm
new, |nonmalignant |cell |growth |not |needed |for |normal |body |growth |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
Benign |neoplasm
cancerous, |new |growth |of |cells |by |invasion |that |is |not |needed |for |normal |growth |and |
development |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Malignant |neoplasm
a |tumor |formed |in |a |specific |tissue |as |a |result |of |a |carcinogenic |agent |or |event |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Primary |tumor
a |tumor |formed |as |a |result |of |breaking |off |from |a |primary |tumor |and |spreading |to |distant |
sites |(metastisis) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Secondary |tumor
cell |division |by |exact |duplication |
-Most |tissues |and |organs |stop |growing |by |cell |division |after |development |is |complete |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Mitosis
growth |that |causes |tissue |to |increase |in |size |by |enlarging |each |cell-normal |cells |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Hypertrophy
growth |that |causes |tissue |to |increase |in |size |by |increasing |the |number |of |cells- |cancer |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Hyperplasia
the |amount |of |time |it |takes |for |a |tumor |to |double |in |size |by |mitotic |cell |divisions |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Doubling |time
