QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Advantages of pre-op rt for sts include:
A. Decreased difficulty with post-irradiation surgical wound healing
B. Availability of the precise extent and description of the tumor
C. Possibility of a larger treatment volume
D. Less aggressive surgery possible because of tumor regression - correct answer d.
Less aggressive surgery possible because of tumor regression
Generally, a post-op radiation shrinking field technique plans the first field reduction at which
of the following?
A. 1000 to 2500 cgy
B. 3500 to 3000 cgy
C. 3000 to 3500 cgy
D. 4000 to 5000 cgy - correct answer d. 4000 to 5000 cgy
Staging of sts depends on which of the following?
I. Local invasion along adjacent, anatomically defined planes
Ii. Hematological pathways to the lung and other sites
Iii. Extension to regional lymph nodes
A. I only
B. Ii only
C. I and ii only
D. I, ii, and iii - correct answer d. I, ii, and iii
The majority of soft tissue sarcomas occur in the:
A. Upper extremities
, B. Lower extremities
C. Abdomen
D. Head and neck - correct answer b. Lower extremities
The single most important factor in the prognosis of soft tissue sarcoma is:
A. Grade
B. Stage
C. Size
D. Nodal involvement - correct answer a. Grade
The most common metastatic site in soft tissues is:
A. Liver
B. Lung
C. Brain
D. Bone - correct answer b. Lung
Which of the following malignant tumors originate from mesenchyme tissue?
I. Sarcoma
Ii. Carcinoma
Iii. Adenocarcinoma
A. I only
B. Ii only
C. Iii only
D. I, ii, and iii - correct answer a. I only
The most common occurring primary malignant bone tumor is an
A. Multiple myeloma
B. Mets