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T/F: Examples of non-invasive diagnostic testing include: x-ray imaging ultrasound endoscopy - Answer-False Around 400 BC; ___________uses carcinoma to describe tumors A. Plato B. Hippocrates C. Galen D. Abul Kasim - Answer-B. Hippocrates What phase of the cell cycle does DNA repli...

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T/F: Examples of non-invasive diagnostic testing include:

x-ray imaging
ultrasound
endoscopy - Answer-False

Around 400 BC; ___________uses carcinoma to describe tumors

A. Plato
B. Hippocrates
C. Galen
D. Abul Kasim - Answer-B. Hippocrates

What phase of the cell cycle does DNA replication occur?
A. G0
B. G!
C. S
D. M - Answer-C. S Phase

What year did Conrad Wilhelm Roentgen discover x-rays?
A. 1895
B. 1896
C. 1897
D. Pick A - Answer-A. 1895

The term which means tending or threatening to produce death is:
A. benign
B. definitive
C. curative
D. malignant - Answer-D. malignant

T/F: Examples of palliation include:

pain
dyspnea
dysphagia
mole removal - Answer-False

Which Agency is responsible for licensing diagnostic professionals?d
A. JRCERT
B. ARRT

,C. ASRT
D. OSHA - Answer-B. ARRT

According to theory of tumor initiation:

A. results of abnormal cell proliferation
B. occurs because abnormal process of cellular differentiation takes place
C. cellular differentiation occurs when stem cell undergoes mitosis & divides into
daughter cells and matures
D. all of the above are correct - Answer-D. all of the above are correct

__________ is a surgical procedure used to obtain and diagnose tissue samples

A. biopsy
B. barium swallow
C. EKG
D. CT - Answer-A. biopsy

T/F: on the electromagnetic spectrum, x-rays and gamma rays appear on the part of the
spectrum where wavelength decreases as energy increases - Answer-True

which of the following is not a type of biopsy?

A. fine-needle aspiration
B. core needle
C. incisional
D. all are types of biopsies - Answer-D. all are types of biopsies

What does the medical term "erythema" mean?

A. A pink reaction which resembles sunburn
B. bleeding
C. to soothe
D. heat - Answer-A. A pink reaction which resembles sunburn

In the TNM staging system, what does the N represent?

A. nothing
B. lymph node involvement
C. nexus
D. knot - Answer-B. lymph node involvement

T/F: Supported by scientific research, viruses, chemicals, and radiation are known
carcinogens. - Answer-True

What year did Marie Curie get awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry?

, A. 1911
B. 1912
C. 1908
D. Pick A - Answer-A. 1911

The genes in the cancer process that control normal growth/ differentiation are:

A. oncogenes
B. antioncogenes
C. proto-oncogenes
D. lethal genes - Answer-C. proto-oncogenes

What does the R stand for in the pain assessment using the mnemonic SOCRATES

A. radiation
B. relativity
C. relaxation
D. reality - Answer-A. radiation

German pathologist Johannes Müller argued that cancer was made from cells, not
lymph and that cancer arose from________

A. chronic irritation
B. blastema
C. parasites
D. trauma - Answer-B. blastema

T/F: justification and optimization are two fundamental principles of radiation protection -
Answer-True

benign v. malignant define________________

A. tumor growth
B. Gompertzian growth curve
C. tumor classification
D. tumor staging - Answer-C. tumor classification

What does the letter E stand for in the mnemonic MJTHREADS?
A. exit
B. epilepsy
C. ear pain
D. eye pain - Answer-B. epilepsy

When discussing patient history, which of the following is NOT one of the five key steps

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