Exam 11: Oncology

During critical illnesses, patients often lose large amounts of muscle mass and body weight. Wasting that results from illness is best described as:

Which of the following diseases or conditions is not associated with long-standing use of tobacco products?

A patient with previously unrecognized bone cancer suffers a pathological fracture of the femur and is unable to walk. While undergoing preparations for definitive care of his fracture, he should:

Which of the following vaccines is infused into the bladder as a treatment for transitional cell bladder cancer?

The most common cause of death in women in the United States is:

Cancer of the uterine cervix, the second most common cancer in women worldwide, is caused by an oncogene carried by which of the following organisms?

Which of the following best describes an "oncogene."

The principle of double effect states that:

Vaccination against human papillomavirus prevents:

Which of the following treatment modalities are inappropriate for patients seeking palliative care?

Cancer that spreads to organs distant from the organ in which it originated is called:

The incidence of which of the following cancers does not increase with age?

The ingestion of more than 400 International Units of vitamin E a day has been linked to:

Antimitotic agents are used to treat some diseases, most notably:

You are told that a patient with a terminal illness is "cachectic." This means that she is:

Cytotoxic drugs are used commonly in which of the following fields of health care?

A few weeks after the administration of some forms of chemotherapy, white blood cell production by the bone marrow is impaired and leukocyte counts fall. During the period when white blood cell levels are at their lowest, known as the ______, patients are prone to a variety of life-threatening infections. The missing word in this sentence is: