Oncology: A Comprehensive Guide to Cancer Types, Treatments, and Research

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ONCOLOGY- COLON CANCER EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025




What rank of cancer is colon cancer and what sex is
most affected? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 3rd


Males


WHat are the survival rates for early stages of colon
cancer? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔


WHat are the survival rates when the colon cancer has
spread to lymph nodes or tissues? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔


What patients have a poor prognosis of colon cancer? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔


Patients that have an over expression of Thymidylate
synthase (TS) and mutant p53 have a good prognosis -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ FALSE

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WHat are some risk factors for Colon cancer? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔


What are the non-modifiable risk factors for colon
cancer? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔


WHat are the hereditary syndrome risk factors of colon
cancer? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔


What are modifiable risk factors of Colon CA? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔


How does Colon CA develop? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Can take years AKA: polyp-carcinoma sequence


WHat are the screenings that need to be done for colon
CA? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔


WHich testing technique is the most sensitive and
specific? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Colonoscopy

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WHo is at a high risk of Colon CA and we reserve
colonoscopy for these pts? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔


WHo's at a high risk of colon cancer and we reserve
colonoscopy for these pts? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔


WHat type of screening exam to do on a pt with a +
FOBT or digital rectal exam - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Colonoscopy


How do its present with Colon CA? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔


What is an advanced disease of colon CA? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔


Where does the colon metastasis to? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Liver


What % of patients present with metastatic disease
from Colon CA? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔