Oncology Basics Quiz: Tumors To Treatment

1. What is the primary characteristic that distinguishes malignant tumors from benign tumors?

Rapid growth rate only

Ability to invade surrounding tissues and metastasize

Large size at detection

Presence of necrosis

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the hallmarks of cancer?

Evading apoptosis

Sustained proliferative signaling

Increased cellular differentiation

Tissue invasion and metastasis

3. The TNM staging system classifies tumors based on which three factors?

Type, number, and metastases

Tumor size, node involvement, and metastases

Type, necrosis, and margins

Tumor grade, location, and age

4. Which protein is commonly mutated in approximately 50% of human cancers?

BRCA1

P53

RB

EGFR

5. Carcinomas originate from which tissue type?

Connective tissue

Epithelial tissue

Muscle tissue

Nervous tissue

6. What is the term for a gene that, when mutated, promotes uncontrolled cell growth?

Tumor suppressor gene

Proto-oncogene

Oncogene

Apoptotic gene

7. Chemotherapy primarily works by targeting which characteristic of cancer cells?

High metabolic rate

Rapid cell division

Increased angiogenesis

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition

8. Which of these is a type of immunotherapy used in cancer treatment?

Checkpoint inhibitors

Hormone replacement therapy

Nutritional supplementation

Surgical debulking

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12. True or False: All tumors are cancerous.

True

False

13. True or False: Angiogenesis is essential for tumors larger than 1-2 millimeters to grow.

True

False

14. True or False: Targeted therapy drugs work by blocking specific mutations found only in cancer cells.

True

False

15. Which combination of factors indicates the worst prognosis in cancer staging?

T1, N0, M0

T4, N3, M1

T2, N1, M0

T3, N2, M0

Oncology Basics Quiz: Tumors to Treatment

1. What is the primary characteristic that distinguishes malignant tumors from benign tumors?

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What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the hallmarks of cancer?

3. The TNM staging system classifies tumors based on which three factors?

4. Which protein is commonly mutated in approximately 50% of human cancers?

5. Carcinomas originate from which tissue type?

6. What is the term for a gene that, when mutated, promotes uncontrolled cell growth?

7. Chemotherapy primarily works by targeting which characteristic of cancer cells?

8. Which of these is a type of immunotherapy used in cancer treatment?

9. The process by which cancer cells spread to distant sites is called ____.

10. Radiation therapy damages cancer cells primarily by causing ____ to their DNA.

11. A tumor with well-defined cellular organization and slow growth is classified as Grade ____.

12. True or False: All tumors are cancerous.

13. True or False: Angiogenesis is essential for tumors larger than 1-2 millimeters to grow.

14. True or False: Targeted therapy drugs work by blocking specific mutations found only in cancer cells.

15. Which combination of factors indicates the worst prognosis in cancer staging?