MI 3.3.1-3.3.2 Quiz Review

You have the following information on a patient:

Susan is a 47-year old women who has been diagnosed with stage III breast cancer. She is considered stage III because she has a tumor in the breast tissue that has grown into the surrounding lymph vessels. The cancer has not spread to lymph nodes or distant sites. She has had a genetic marker test and is shown to have one of the BRCA mutation alleles.

Which of the following treatments would best serve to help Susan in her situation?

• surgery

• chemotherapy

• targeted therapy

• stem cell therapy

• hormone therapy

Answer explanation

chemotherapy - since the tumor has spread out from the primary site

hormone therapy - breast tumors tend to be affected by hormones

targeted therapy - since there is a genetic component to her tumor, targeted therapy may help

surgery - a mastectomy may excised (cut out) much of the affected tissue

*although stem cell therapy may help if Susan's entire immune system is wiped out, it may also be unnecessary

When treatment is personally tailored to a patient's genetic profile and lifestyle factor, taking into account how the patient responds and metabolizes any medications and treatment, this is referred to as

• precision medicine.

• chemotherapy.

• immunotherapy.

• stem cell transplant.

Immunotherapy is best used in situations that

• targets fast growing cells in a more generalized manner, especially when metastasis has occurred.

• help fight cancer cells that the body doesn't see as foreign such as leukemia.

• are due to genetic factors and thus a boost in immune cells would help.

• boost hormone production when fighting cancers such as breast or testicular cancer.

Patients with more localized tumors that have not yet metastasized would benefit more from which of the following therapy(therapies) than patients that have tumors that have metastasized?

• hormone therapy

• radiation therapy

• immunotherapy

• surgery

This procedure restores the blood-forming cells destroyed by high doses of chemo and radiation therapy in patients with multiple myeloma or some types of leukemia, and blood-forming cells from a donor can actually help fight cancer by attacking any cancer cells that remain in the body after the high-dose treatments. This procedure is called

• immunotherapy.

• stem cell therapy.

• precision medicine.

• targeted therapy.

Which of the following are physiological responses of the body that can be instantly, easily and quickly monitored during biofeedback therapy?

• skin temperature

• heart rate

• sweating

• breathing rate

Biofeedback therapy has been used to treat

• digestive disorders.

• anxiety.

• broken bones.

• hypertension.

The main purpose of biofeedback therapy is to

• cure cancer.

• increase the levels of stress hormones in the body.

• eliminate pain.

• bring physiological responses to homeostasis.

A relaxation technique that allows the user to create or remember relaxing and positive sensory thoughts and memories is

• guided imagery.

• progressive muscle relaxation.

• chemotherapy.

• belly breathing.

Which of the following is a benefit of using relaxation techniques?

• an alternative to analgesic (pain medications)

• decreased levels of stress

• general sense of well-being

• an alternative cure for cancer