Oncology Quiz
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The … after the operation was for a full recovery.
A. examination
B. diagnosis
C. prognosis
May cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, mucositis and stomatitis is a counseling point for what medication
A. Gleevec
B. Adriamycin
C. Leukine
D. Cytoxan
GS is a newly diagnosed prostate cancer patient being treated with androgen deprivation. Which of the following are appropriate counseling points for a new patient starting on an LH-RH agonist?
A. Patient may experience side effects such as a loss in libido, hot flashes, and impotence
B. Patient may experience changes in blood pressure
C. Patient may experience side effects such as nausea/vomiting, alopecia, and weight loss
D. Patient may experience arthralgias, peripheral edema, and seizures
Benign neoplasms are ____________ than malignant neoplasms
A. Less differentiated
B. More differentiated
C. Larger
D. Smaller
The spread of cancer cells beyond their original site
A. lymph node
B. adjacent
C. metastasis
What is the dose limiting toxicity of vincristine that RX should be counseled on?
A. Neuropathy
B. Nephrotoxicity
C. Ototoxicity
D. Pulmonary toxicity
Which of the following adjuvant treatment regimens for stage III colon cancer is most appropriate? Postoperative:
A. Radiation therapy
B. FOLFOX (fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin) chemotherapy
C. Regorafenib
D. Pembrolizumab
The nurse is assessing the surgical site of a client who has had a mastectomy. Which of the following would lead the nurse to suspect that the client is developing a seroma?
A. Bruising of the skin
B. Sloshing of fluid
C. Tightness
D. Fever
treatment to relieve or reduce intensity of uncomfortable symptoms, but not to produce a cure is called?
A. Comforting
B. Triage
C. Palliaton
D. Assesment
The home health nurse is performing a home visit for an oncology client discharged three days ago after completing chemotherapy treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The nurse’s priority assessment should include examination for the signs and symptoms of which complication?
A. Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS)
B. Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH)
C. Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
D. Hypercalcemia
to express the opposite
A. bout
B. bargain
C. contradict
Which of the following factors is associated with an increased risk of developing colorectal cancer?
A. High dietary caffeine intake
B. Rectal hemorrhoids
C. Gastroesophageal reflux disease
D. Chronic ulcerative colitis
Bean-shaped filters that cluster along the lymphatic vessels of the body.
A. sympathetic
B. lymph node
C. malignant
An average risk 55-year-old premenopausal woman with no smoking history should not be counseled regarding the following procedures as part of routine cancer screening?
A. Pap with HPV DNA test, every 5 years
B. Mammogram, annually
C. Colonoscopy, every 10 years
D. Low-dose helical computed tomography, annually
Which of the following patients with small cell lung cancer should receive prophylactic cranial irradiation?
A. Patients with limited-stage SCLC who achieve a complete response to their initial therapy.
B. Patients with extensive-stage SCLC who do not respond to their initial therapy.
C. All patients with limited-stage SCLC.
D. All patients with extensive-stage SCLC.
A patient authorizes a son to make medical decisions and brings the completed forms for the nurse to place on the chart. What form does the nurse understand this is?
A. An advance directive
B. A living will
C. A standard addendum to a will
D. A proxy directive
The client who had a right modified radical mastectomy 4 years before is being admitted for a cardiac workup for chest pain. Which intervention is most important?
A. Determine when client had chemo last.
B. Ask client if she received Adriamycin, an antineoplastic agent.
C. Post a message at the head of the bed to not use the right arm.
D. Examine the chest wall for cancer sites.
Which of the following agents is considered a second-generation antiandrogen?
A. Bicalutamide
B. Ketoconazole
C. Enzalutamide
D. Abiraterone
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of a benign tumor
A. A name derived its cell of origin, such as “fibroma” or “chondroma”
B. A fibrous capsule surrounding the growth
C. Tumor cells expressing proteins unique to many different cell types
D. Tumor cells expressing proteins unique to one type of cell
Which of the following medications should be taken on an empty stomach due to an increase in bioavailability when taken with food?
A. Bicalutamide
B. Abiraterone
C. Enzalutamide
D. Apalutamide
Viruses can … their DNA into the human genome.
A. invade
B. insert
C. extract
When speaking to patients, doctors may use this word instead of “tumour”.
A. growth
B. invasion
C. mutation
A 33-year-old female client is recovering from a modified radical mastectomy with immediate reconstruction. This is the client’s fourth day postoperatively. Her vital signs are temperature 99°F, pulse 82, respirations 18, and blood pressure 152/90. She continues to complain of considerable pain, with a pain rating of 9 on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the worst possible pain. The client was discharged home with a prescription for oxycodone and acetaminophen and has been taking the drugs as prescribed. Which assessment finding would cause the nurse to phone the physician?
A. Itching and slight erythema at the incision site
B. A well-defined oval area near the incision site
C. Small amount of serous drainage at the incision site
D. White blood count (WBC) of 7,000 μL
What is the 2nd stage of the cell cycle called?
A. Mitosis
B. A resting phase
C. First growth phase
D. Synthesis
another name for the large intestine
A. x-ray
B. bout
C. colon
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