Chemotherapy/Oncology Quiz
Oncology & Chemotherapy Knowledge Quiz
Test your knowledge on chemotherapy and oncology with our engaging quiz! This quiz is designed for anyone interested in understanding cancer treatment strategies, preventative measures, and the latest advancements in personalized medicine.
Whether you're a healthcare professional, a student, or simply curious about cancer therapies, you'll find this quiz informative and enlightening. Here are some key features:
- 10 multiple-choice questions
- Instant feedback on your choices
- Enhance your understanding of cancer treatment and prevention
Jamie will receive chemo prior to her mastectomy surgery for breast cancer with the goal of shrinking the tumor so the surgery is less extensive. What type of treatment approach is this?
Adjuvant
Palliation
Chemoprevention
Neoadjuvant
Undergoing routine cancer screenings, such as colonoscopy, is considered which type of cancer prevention strategy?
Primary prevention
Secondary prevention
Chemoprevention
Neoadjuvant prevention
What is the goal of adjuvant chemotherapy?
To palliate symptoms as cure is not possible
To eradicate remaining micro-metastases after primary treatment
To shrink the size of the tumor prior to surgery
The standard of care for call cancers
Which of the following is NOT considered a common side effect of chemotherapy?
Hearing loss
Bone marrow suppression
Nausea/vomiting
Mucositis
One of the most common types of hormone-dependent cancers includes:
Lung
Colon
Sarcoma
Prostate
Which of the following instructions indicates that the nurse understands the proper handling of oral chemotherapy medications?
Caregivers must never handle the medication.
Oral cancer medications are not as strong as IV chemotherapy, so you should not have side effects.
It is okay to break the medication in half if you have trouble swallowing the whole pill.
Do not mix chemotherapy medications with other medications in the pill box. They should always remain separate from other medications.
The most common side effects of hormonal treatment may include all of the following EXCEPT:
Alopecia
Hot flashes
Joint aches
Impotence
The four main goals of cancer therapy include:
Prevention, cure, management, and/or relief
Palliation, chemoprevention, cure, and/or contain
Prevention, cure, control, and/or palliation
Prevetion, block, remediate, and/or cure
Targeted drugs work by all of the following mechanisms EXCEPT:
Block or turn off chemical signals that tell the cancer cell to grow and divide
Stop making new blood vessels to feed the cancer cells
Carry toxins to the cancer cells to kill them
Kill normal cells along with the cancer cells
What is precision (personalized) medicine?
Genomic profiling of the patient's tumor to identify genetic mutations that are unique to the tumor
A type of cytotoxic treatment that has the greatest cell kill
The standard of care and first-line treatment for the majority of cancers
When the patient decides on the best treatment option
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