Chapter 8: Common Diseases and Disorders

Question 1

What is Bladder Cancer?

Answer 1

One of the most common cancers with increasing incidence.

Question 2

What is one of the strongest risk factor for the development of Bladder Cancer?

Answer 2

Cigarette smoking.

Question 3

Is the risk of Bladder Cancer related to family history?

Answer 3

No.

Question 4

What are the symptoms of Bladder Cancer?

Answer 4

Hematuria followed by dysuria.

Question 5

Is screening for bladder cancer supported by evidence and recommend for adults without symptoms?

Answer 5

No.

Question 6

What is the treatment for Urinary Tract Cancer?

Answer 6

Chemotherapy, radiation, surgery or combination of these.

Question 7

Kidney (renal) cancer is found by?

Answer 7

An abdominal imaging study for another complaint.

Question 8

As the Kidney (renal) cancer progresses the symptoms can include?

Answer 8

Hematuria, pain in the lower back, weight loss and fatigue.

Question 9

Risk factors linked to Kidney cancer are?

Answer 9

Smoking, obesity and high blood pressure.

Question 10

What is the most common treatment for Kidney cancer?

Answer 10

Surgical excision for all or part of the kidney.

Question 11

What is Prostate cancer?

Answer 11

A slow-growing cancer and one of the most common cancers among men over age 60.

Question 12

is Prostate Cancer one of the most successfully treated?

Answer 12

Yes.

Question 13

As Prostate Cancer progresses what are some of the symptoms?

Answer 13

Frequent urination, weak urine flow, and dysuria.

Question 14

What are some treatments for Prostate Cancer?

Answer 14

Brachytherapy, surgical removal of prostate gland and focal therapy.

Question 15

Testicular Cancer is the most common cancer affecting males between ages of?

Answer 15

15 to 35 yrs.

Question 16

What is the most common sign of testicular cancer?

Answer 16

Painless lump in a testicle,

Question 17

Having cancer in one testicle increases the likelihood of?

Answer 17

Developing cancer in the other parts.

Question 18

What is the most common treatment for Testicular Cancer?

Answer 18

Sugery to remove the cancerous testicle.

Question 19

Cancer of the female reproductive system include?

Answer 19

Ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, uterine cancer and breast cancer.

Question 20

Why Ovarian Cancer difficult to detect?

Answer 20

It often doesn’t cause any symptom until later stages.

Question 21

What is the cause of Ovarian Cancer?

Answer 21

Is unknown but gene mutations have a relation to the disease.

Question 22

Are there any tests that screen for Ovarian Cancer?

Answer 22

No.

Question 23

What is the treatment for Ovarian Cancer?

Answer 23

Aggressive and ofte involves the removal of the reproductive organs and chemotherapy.

Question 24

What does Cervical Cancer involves?

Answer 24

The cervix of the uterus.

Question 25

What is the best way to detect abnormal cells?

Answer 25

By a Pap test to avoid cervical cancer.

Question 26

Most cervical cancers are caused by?

Answer 26

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) that is a sexually transmitted infection.

Question 27

What are the main treatments for Cervical cancer?

Answer 27

Surgical, radiation and chemotherapy.

Question 28

What is the most common symptom of Uterine Cancer?

Answer 28

Vaginal bleeding or spotting in postmenopausal women.

Question 29

What are the exact cause of Uterine Cancer?

Answer 29

Unknown.

Question 30

What are the risk factors of Uterine Cancer?

Answer 30

Being over age 50, family history and estrogen replacement therapy increases the chances of Uterine Cancer.

Question 31

What is the primary treatment for Uterine Cancer?

Answer 31

Hysterectomy.