WorksheetsBreast Cancer
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the removal of a breast tumor and surrounding tissue to help treat breast cancer?
mastectomy
chemotherapy
radiation therapy
lumpectomy
Which is NOT an early sign of breast cancer?
Lumps in the breast
Change of shape or size of the breast
Feelings of repeated nausea
Skin changes on or around the breast
If cancer has metastasized, that means that it
has disappeared from the body
exists only in the place where it started
has spread to other parts of the body
Which of the following is a local treatment for breast cancer?
hormone therapy
surgery
chemotherapy
In situ breast cancer refers to
cancer that has spread throughout the body
cancer that has spread to local lymph nodes
cancer that appears in only one place in the body
Which of the following are good prognostic factors in breast cancer?
Grade III tumour
estrogen receptor positivity
HER 2 receptor overexpression
Lymph node involvement
Which of the following is not necessary when a patient first presents with a breast lump?
Fine needle aspiration (FNA)
Examination of axillary lymph nodes
Chest x-ray
Cancer is caused due to
Controlled mitosis
Uncontrolled mitosis
Controlled meiosis
Uncontrolled meiosis
Agents that can cause cancer known as
Mutagen
Carcinogen
Oncogene
None of above
Oncogenes are the cancer causing genes in cell but they do not express usually. This is because the presence of
proto-oncogene
tumor suppressor gene
transcription factor
Which of the following correctly describes angiogenesis?
Growth of blood vessels that provides the tumor with nutrients and oxygen.
Growth of blood vessels that allows tumor cells to pass certain checkpoints in the cell cycle
Growth of blood vessels to bring in more immune cells to the tumor
Movement of cancer cells through the body inducing the production of more red blood cells.
Tumour markers are
Signs of infection
Related to genetics
Chemicals that can be detected in the blood
External growths
What is the goal of neoadjuvant chemotherapy?
to cure the cancer
to prolong the life of patients with cancer
to shrink the tumour after surgery
to shrink the tumour before surgery
