Chapter 7: Survival Rates

Question 1

What is the 5 year survival rate for thyroid cancer?

Answer 1

95%

Question 2

What is the 5-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer?

Answer 2

2-7%

Question 3

Which type of cancer is the top cause of cancer death?

Answer 3

Lung cancer

Question 4

True or false: Lung cancer is the top cause of cancer death in men, but not in women.

Answer 4

False; it is top cause of cancer death in both.

Question 5

What is the second leading cause of death in the U.S.?

Answer 5

Cancer

Question 6

What is the leading cause of death in the U.S.?

Answer 6

Heart disease

Question 7

What is the most common cancer affecting males?

Answer 7

Prostate cancer

Question 8

What is the most common cancer affecting females?

Answer 8

Breast cancer

Question 9

What are the two most common cancers that affect both men and women?

Answer 9

1) Lung

2) Colon

Question 10

True or false: 5 year survival means that cancer is cured.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Reactivation of tumor deposits

Answer 11

Recurrence

Question 12

True or false: Malignant melanoma and breast cancer are prone to late recurrences that often prove fatal.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

What is the most common type of cancer?

Answer 13

Skin cancer

Question 14

What types of rays cause most types of skin cancers?

Answer 14

UV-beta

Question 15

What types of rays are particularly risky for causing melanoma? Why?

Answer 15

UV-alpha; because they penetrate more deeply than UV-beta.

Question 16

BRCA1 mutation increases the risk of _____ and _____ cancers.

Answer 16

Breast and ovarian

Question 17

True or false: BRCA2 mutation puts a woman at greater risk of BC than BRCA1 mutation.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

What is the lifetime risk of a man for developing cancer?

Answer 18

1 in 2

Question 19

What is the lifetime risk for a woman for developing cancer?

Answer 19

1 in 3