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NUR 141 PHARMA TEST 4 WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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cancer *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-- *complex *syndrome *of *diseases - *characterized *by *uncontrolled *& *unregulated *growth *of *cells - *defective *cell *proliferation *& *differentiation 14-18 *g/dl *(M) 12-16 *g/dL *(F) *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-What *is *a *normal *hemoglobin *(Hgb) *level *for *an ...

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NUR 141 PHARMA TEST 4 WITH ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
cancer *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-- *complex *syndrome *of *diseases

- *characterized *by *uncontrolled *& *unregulated *growth *of *cells

- *defective *cell *proliferation *& *differentiation

14-18 *g/dl *(M)

12-16 *g/dL *(F) *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-What *is *a *normal *hemoglobin *(Hgb) *level *for *an
*adult?

150,000 *- *450,000 *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-What *is *a *normal *adult *platelet *count?

42-52% *(M)

37-47% *(F) *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-What *is *a *normal *hematocrit *(Hct) *count *for *adults?

primary *cancer *prevention *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-Type *of *cancer *prevention *that *is
*concerned *with *reducing *the *risk *of *cancer *in *healthy *people

secondary *cancer *prevention *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-type *of *cancer *prevention *that *uses
*detection *& *screening *to *achieve *early *diagnosis *& *intervention

cancer *screening *& *detection *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-- *self *breast *& *testicular *exams

- *colonoscopy, *pap *smear

- *CAUTION

- *biopsies, *mammogram

- *tumor *or *antigen *markers

C *- *change *in *bowel *or *bladder *habits

,A *- *a *sore *that *does *not *heal

U *- *unusual *bleeding *or *discharge

T- *thickening *or *lump *in *breast *or *elsewhere

I *- *indigestion *or *difficulty *in *swallowing

O *- *obvious *change *in *a *wart *or *mole

N *- *nagging *cough *or *hoarseness *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-What *are *the *CAUTION *warning
*signs *of *cancer?

A: *asymmetry

B: *irregular *borders

C: *irregular *colors

D: *diameter *6cm *+ *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-What *are *the *ABCDs *of *suspicious *wart *or *mole
*changes?

cancer *prevention *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-- *role *of *diet

- *physical *activity

- *screenings, *vaccines

- *hormone *use

- *smoking *cessation, *limit *exposure *to *carcinogens

cancer *survivorship

*distinct *phase *of *cancer *care, *can *take *mos *to *feel *like *yourself *again, *2nd *guess
*every *ache *& *pain, *exist *in *limbo *waiting *for *next *test/scan *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-consists
*of:

- *patients *5+ *years *post-diagnosis

- *those *that *completed *active *treatment

- *those *living *with *an *active *diagnosis

,metastasis *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-- *disease *process *beginning *when *an *abnormal *cell *is
*transformed *by *the *genetic *mutation *of *cell *DNA

- *development *of *secondary *malignant *growths *at *a *distance *from *the *primary *site

angiogenesis *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-growth *of *new *capillaries *from *hose *tissue; *tumors
*assure *themselves *a *blood *supply

tumor *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-- *swelling *of *part *of *the *body, *generally *without *-
*inflammation

- *caused *by *an *abnormal *growth *of *tissue

- *malignant *or *benign

neoplasm *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-abnormal *& *excessive *growth *of *cells

benign *neoplasm

(non-cancerous *growth) *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-type *of *neoplasm:

- *well *differentiated

- *usually *encapsulated

- *expansive *more *of *growth

- *characteristics *similar *to *parent *cells

- *metastasis *is *absent

- *rarely *reoccur

malignant *neoplasms

(cancerous *growth) *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-type *of *neoplasm:

- *ranges *from *well *differentiated *to *undifferentiated

- *able *to *metastasize

- *infiltrates *& *expansive *growth

- *frequent *recurrence

- *mod *to *marked *vascularity

, - *rarely *encapsulated

- *becomes *less *like *the *parent *cell

carcinoma *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-cancer *arising *in *the *epithelial *tissue *of *the *skin *or *of
*the *lining *of *the *internal *organs

cancer *cells *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-type *of *cell:

- *uncontrolled *growth

- *loss *of *differentiation

- *loss *of *function

- *loss *of *contact *inhibition

- *irreversible *cell *mutation

- *transplantability */ *metastasis

- *genetic

- *chemical

- *environmental *(sunlight, *radiation, *chronic *irritation, *diet)

- *viral *(epstein-barr, *bacteria)

- *immunologic *(hormones, *immune *system)

- *cause *may *be *unknown *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-What *are *some *causes *linked *to *the
*development *of *cancer?

10+ *years *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-How *many *years *between *exposure *to *detectable *cancer?

cancer *staging *& *grading

Types:

T-N-M, *clinical *tumor *staging, *other *staging *- *CORRECT *ANSWER-- *refers *to *the *local,
*regional, *and/or *distance *anatomical *extent *of *the *tumor

- *method *of *communicating *about *cancers *of *similar *extent

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