Student Presentations

Question 0

Based on findings during the case study, is it likely that the patient will experience a malignancy or recurrence linked to the removed tumor?

Answer 0

No, highly unlikely to be recurrent/malignant

Question 1

Patient did not exhibit neurofibromas/schwannomas in….

Answer 1

None of the above

Question 2

What is the number one cause of head and neck cancer?

Answer 2

Tobacco use

Question 3

What head and neck cancer has the lowest 5 year survival rate?

Answer 3

Hypopharynx

Question 4

What is the increased likelihood that you’ll develop melanoma from tanning?

Answer 4

74%

Question 5

How does getting the proper amount of sleep help prevent cancer?

Answer 5

Increases immune system functionality + normalizes your circadian rhythm –> both A & B

Question 6

What is a common cancer found in cigarettes?

Answer 6

Benzo[a]pyrene

Question 7

What year was Zelboraf approved for the FDA?

Answer 7

2011

Question 8

What does Zelboraf inhibit?

Answer 8

B-RAF

Question 9

What cancer is not associated with Castleman’s Disease (CD?)

Answer 9

Breast cancer

Question 10

What are the two main types of CD?

Answer 10

Unicentric and multicentric

Question 11

What is the ranking for ovarian cancer deaths in women?

Answer 11

5th

Question 12

Which tumor cell makes up 85-90% of the ovarian carcinomas?

Answer 12

Epithelial tumor

Question 13

What % of all cancer cases in the US are represented by kidney cancer?

Answer 13

3.8%

Question 14

Which of the following deals with the removal of the kidney completely?

Answer 14

Simple nephrectomy

Question 15

Which is not one of the three properties of nano particles?

Answer 15

Only made of metals

Question 16

What % of all lung cancers are carcinoid tumors?

Answer 16

2%

Question 17

Where does pleural mesothelioma start at?

Answer 17

Chest

Question 18

What grade astrocytoma is glioblastoma multiforme?

Answer 18

Grade 4

Question 19

Before the cancer cells spread out of the milk duct, what is it called?

Answer 19

Ductal carcinoma in situ

Question 20

Who was the first to discover the correlation between chimney sweeps and scrotum cancer?

Answer 20

Percival Pott

Question 21

Methotrexate is the standard form of treatment for which form of cancer?

Answer 21

ALL (acute lymphocytic leukemia)

Question 22

What month is blood cancer awareness month?

Answer 22

September

Question 23

What is the biggest risk factor for developing oropharyngeal cancer?

Answer 23

Unprotected sex

Question 24

In what ways can you help prevent cancer?

Answer 24

Be active and maintain a healthy lifestyle

Question 25

Endometrial cancers account for __% of all cancers in women

Answer 25

6%

Question 26

Cannabis can reduce all of the following except

Answer 26

Heart rate

Question 27

Melanoma cancer starts in ____

Answer 27

Melanocytes

Question 28

Translocation of the __ gene leads to increased

Answer 28

FGR3

Question 29

What is the number one cause of head and neck cancer?

Answer 29

Alcohol

Question 30

Only high level food carcinogens can give humans cancer T/F

Answer 30

False

Question 31

What % of colorectal cancers are based on hereditary conditions?

Answer 31

10-15%

Question 32

Which of the primary types of leukemia is most dominant in children?

Answer 32

ALL

Question 33

What antigen is expressed on most B cell malignancies and is targeted by CAR-modified T cells in adoptive therapy?

Answer 33

CD19

Question 34

Which is a side effect of CAR T cell therapy?

Answer 34

All of the above

Question 35

Most mutations involved in hereditary cancer syndromes are inherited in one of two main patterns: autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive T/F

Answer 35

True

Question 36

What is the most common first sign a child has retinoblastoma?

Answer 36

Leukocoria

Question 37

About how many US children are diagnosed yearly with retinoblastoma?

Answer 37

250-350

Question 38

What month is national prostate awareness month?

Answer 38

September

Question 39

The transformation zone is where the 2 types of cells meet T/F

Answer 39

True

Question 40

PAHs are classified as an indirect carcinoma T/F

Answer 40

True

Question 41

Exocrine tumors are the most common form of pancreatic cancer T/F

Answer 41

True

Question 42

Stomach cancer is the 3rd leading cause of cancer worldwide T/F

Answer 42

False

Question 43

Stomach cancer affects more men than women T/F

Answer 43

True

Question 44

Which ethnicity has the highest mortality from breast cancer in the US?

Answer 44

African Americans

Question 45

How many of newly diagnosed cases of Non-Hodgkins lymphoma result in DLBCL?

Answer 45

30-40%

Question 46

If you are diagnosed with a resectable lung carcinoid tumor, what is your best treatment option?

Answer 46

Surgery

Question 47

Basal cell carcinoma is a slow growing noninvasive cancer T/F

Answer 47

True

Question 48

What is the main cause of non-melanoma skin cancers?

Answer 48

UV rays

Question 49

How do the majority of pineaoblastomas form?

Answer 49

Sporadically

Question 50

Somatic Gene Therapy allows the affected individual to pass the defective gene on T/F

Answer 50

False

Question 51

What is not a viral vector used in somatic gene therapy?

Answer 51

Ebola

Question 52

What stage of prostate cancer has a Gleason score of 6?

Answer 52

Stage 1

Question 53

Inherited genetic mutations play a major role in what % of all cancers?

Answer 53

5-10%

Question 54

Hodgkin lymphoma is the _ most common cancer

Answer 54

7th

Question 55

What is the most common form of cancer in pregnant women?

Answer 55

Cervical cancer

Question 56

Most cervical cancers are adenocarcinomas? T/F

Answer 56

True

Question 57

Which involves the removal of the uterus and cervix?

Answer 57

Radical hysterectomy

Question 58

Deletions in which chromosomes are most associated with teratomas in children?

Answer 58

1 and 6

Question 59

The most common congenital teratoma occurs at which site?

Answer 59

Sacroccygeal teratoma

Question 60

Taking Tamoxifen will increase a woman's chance of developing endometrial cancers? T/F

Answer 60

True

Question 61

What enzyme does methotrexate inhibit?

Answer 61

DHFR

Question 62

What gene mutation seems to be developing force behind oropharyngeal cancer?

Answer 62

P53

Question 63

Which tumor cells make up 85-90% of ovarian carcinomas?

Answer 63

Epithelial tumor

Question 64

How many different subgroups of GBM are there?

Answer 64

2

Question 65

Which tissue type of mesothelioma is most common?

Answer 65

Epithiloid