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Cancer

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 12mins

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1.

Which of the following correctly describes angiogenesis?

a)

Growth of blood vessels that allows tumor cells to pass certain checkpoints in the cell cycle.

b)

Growth of blood vessels that provides the tumor with nutrients and oxygen.

c)

Growth of blood vessels to bring in more immune cells to the tumor

d)

Movement of cancer cells through the body inducing the production of more red blood cells.

2.

Which of the following best defines an oncogene?

a)

An oncogene codes for a cell cycle control protein.

b)

An oncogene codes for a protein that prevents the cell from undergoing apoptosis.

c)

An oncogene codes for a mutated form of a protein that forms part of a signal transduction pathway

d)

An oncogene is a dominantly expressed mutated gene that gives a cell a growth or survival advantage

3.

Which of the following types of protein could be coded by a tumour-suppressor gene?

a)

A protein that forms part of a growth factor signalling pathway.

b)

A protein that codes for a DNA repair enzyme.

c)

A protein that helps prevent apoptosis.

d)

A protein that controls progression through the cell cycle.

4.

Which of the following is characteristic of a malignant rather than a benign tumour?

a)

Develops a blood supply.

b)

Undergoes metastasis.

c)

Cells divide an unlimited number of times.

d)

Grows without needing a growth signal.

5.

Tumour markers are

a)

Signs of infection

b)

Related to genetics

c)

Chemicals that can be detected in the blood

d)

External growths

6.

Cancer is caused due to

a)

Controlled mitosis

b)

Uncontrolled mitosis

c)

Controlled meiosis

d)

Uncontrolled meiosis

7.

In situ breast cancer refers to

a)

cancer that has spread throughout the body

b)

cancer that has spread to local lymph nodes

c)

cancer that appears in only one place in the body

d)

cancer that has spread to brain

8.

Which of the following is a local treatment for breast cancer?

a)

surgery

b)

hormone therapy

c)

chemotherapy

d)

radiotherapy

9.

What is the goal of neoadjuvant chemotherapy?

a)

to cure the cancer

b)

to prolong the life of patients with cancer

c)

to shrink the tumour after surgery

d)

to shrink the tumour before surgery

10.
Cancer of the body's blood-forming tissues.
a)
leukemia
b)
carcinoma
c)
sarcoma
d)
lymphoma
11.

Which type of cancer treatment works best for when cancer has metastasized around the body?

a)

Chemotherapy

b)

Radiation Treatments

c)

Hormones Treatments

d)

Surgery

12.

If cancerous cells travel throughout your body, the cells have gone through a process known as:

a)

Metastisize

b)

Migration

c)

Flowing

d)

Locomotion

13.

Which is not a hallmark of Cancer?

a)

Resisting cell death

b)

Inducing angiogenesis

c)

Inhibiting growth promoters

d)

Enabling immortality

14.
G1, S, and G2 phases are combined into one long phase called _____________.
a)
Interphase
b)
Mitosis
c)
Cytokinesis
d)
The cell cycle
15.

Any substance that causes cancer by damaging the genes

a)

oncogen

b)

carcinogen

c)

pathogen

d)

halogen

16.
Proto-oncogenes can mutate into...
a)
oncogenes
b)
tumor suppressor genes
c)
DNA repair proteins
17.
Which of the following statements is true?
a)
Proto-oncogenes cause a loss of control of the cell cycle
b)
the products of oncogenes may inhibit the cell cycle
c)
tumor-suppressor-gene products inhibit the cell cycle
d)
a mutation in a proto-oncogene may convert it into a tumor suppresor gene
18.

________________________ is a process of recognizing defective cells, letting them die, and replacing with normal cells.

a)

Mitosis

b)

Apoptosis

c)

Oncogene

d)

Polymerase

19.

A mutation in this gene is like taking your foot off of the brake.

a)

Oncogene

b)

Tumor suppressor gene