HURST PRACTICE TEST BANK EXAMPREP FULL SOLUTION SET HIGHLY ACCURATE REVIEW

HURST PRACTICE TEST BANK EXAMPREP
FULL SOLUTION SET HIGHLY ACCURATE
REVIEW

●● Co-carcinogens.
Answer: Alcohol & tobacco


●● Suspected dietary causes of cancer.
Answer: -a low-fiber diet
-increased red meat
-increased animal fat
-nitrites (processed sandwich meats)
-alcohol
-preservatives and additives


●● Increased incidence of cancer in the.
Answer: immunosuppressed


●● The most important risk factor for cancer is.
Answer: aging

,●● Higher risk of cancer in those aged over.
Answer: 60 years old


●● What race has the greatest incidence of cancer?.
Answer: African-Americans followed by Caucasians


●● Other risk factors for cancer development.
Answer: -obesity
-physical inactivity
-poor nutrition
-heredity (ex. BRC-1 gene)
-exposure to UV radiation
-exposure to carcinogens
-stress
-previous medical history


●● Chronic irritation can cause.
Answer: uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells


●● Primary Prevention of Cancer.
Answer: -NO smoking
-exercise and good nutrition

, -maintain normal body weight
-limit or eliminate alcohol intake
-vaccines for preventable viral exposures such as
Hepatitis B and HPV
-avoid exposure to known carcinogens


●● Secondary Prevention of Cancer: Females.
Answer: -monthly BSEs
-clinical breast exams
-mammograms
-colonoscopies
-fecal occult blood stool test
-pap smears


●● What days of the menstrual cycle are best for doing the breast self-
exam?.
Answer: 7-12


●● Beginning in their _______, women should be told about.
Answer: 20s; the limitations and benefites of monthly self BSEs


●● Post menopausal women or women who have had a hysterectomy
should perform a BSE on.