Oncology MCQs-1

Which of the following is standard way of measuring the ability of cancer patients to perform ordinary tasks?

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Standard way of measuring the ability of cancer patients to perform ordinary tasks


Karnofsky performance status

Most common cause of cancer death in the world

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RECIST Criteria for Solid Tumours progressive disease is defined as the appearance of any new lesion or an increase of ------- in the sum of the products of the perpendicular diameters of all measurable lesions

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>25% Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumours - RECIST Criteria Progressive disease is defined as the appearance of any new lesion or an increase of >25% in the sum of the products of the perpendicular diameters of all measurable lesions


or an increase of 20% in the sums of the longest diameters by RECIST.

Calcitonin used diagnostically as a tumor marker for

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Patients with calcitonin levels >100 pg/mL have a high risk for medullary thyroid carcinoma (~90%–100%),

Which of the following tumor is least likely to be disseminated at presentation?

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Hematopoietic tumors such as leukemia, myeloma, and lymphoma are often disseminated at presentation and do not spread like solid tumors

Ann Arbor classification is for

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Most significant risk factor for cancer overall is

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Most significant risk factor for cancer overall is age; two thirds of all cases were in those aged >65 years

Most common cancer

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Lung cancer

Dukes classification is for

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Dukes classification


colorectal cancers

Cancer is the second leading cause of death behind

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heart disease

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