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Lung Cancer- Surgical Diseases 4th Year- PMU

Frage 1 von 16

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Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 2 von 16

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In which position do we place lung cancer as a cause of death from cancer in women?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • first

  • second (after breast cancer)

  • third

  • fourth

  • fifth

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Frage 3 von 16

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Which is the most important risk factor in the development of lung cancer?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • radon gas

  • asbestos

  • cigarette smoking

  • air pollution

  • iatrogenic radiation exposure

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Frage 4 von 16

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The most frequent histologic type of lung cancer is

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • adenocarcinoma

  • squamous cell carcinoma

  • neuroendocrine tumors

  • salivary gland-type tumors

  • adenosquamous carcinoma

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Frage 5 von 16

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The disease is characterized Dy an aggressive tendency to metastasize. It often spreads early to mediastinal lymph nodes and distant sites. Chemoradiotherapy is generally used for treatment, These are all characteristics of which type of lung cancer?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • salivary gland-type tumors

  • squamous cell carcinoma

  • adenocarcinoma

  • small cell carcinoma

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Frage 6 von 16

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Which of these statements is true for lung cancer?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • lung cancer rarely metastasizes to the lymph nodes

  • the most common histologic type is squamous cell carcinoma

  • patients with lung cancer often present with early stage disease because of the specific symptoms

  • patients with lung cancer often present with advanced stage disease and symptoms

  • none of the above

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Frage 7 von 16

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Which one of these symptoms is the most common symptom of lung cancer that is frequently overlooked both by patients and physicians?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • hemoptysis

  • cough

  • stridor

  • dyspnea

  • chest wall pain

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Frage 8 von 16

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Which of these symptoms are included in the Pancoast's syndrome?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • harshness of stridor or musical wheezing

  • hemoptysis and cough

  • facial anhydrosis, miosis, and ptosis

  • fullness and swelling in-the face and arms

  • distended neck veins and large superficial chest and neck collaterals

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Frage 9 von 16

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The most unusual and most intriguing symptoms of lung cancer are the result of paraneoplastic processes. Which of these symptoms is not paraneoplastic?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion

  • Cushing's syndrome

  • Superior vena cava syndrome

  • Hypercalcemia

  • Digital clubbing

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Frage 10 von 16

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Lung cancer may cause dyspnea through multiple different mechanisms. Which of the mechanisms cannot cause dyspnea?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • atelectasis distal to the obstruction

  • compression of the pulmonary artery or branches resulting in hypoperfusion

  • pleural effusions

  • pancoast's syndrome

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Frage 11 von 16

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How do we treat patients with lung cancer and malignant pleural effusions?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Surgical resection lobectomy or pneumonectomy

  • We perform only wedge or sublobar resection

  • VATS with pleurodesis

  • We don’t perform any surgical intervention

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Frage 12 von 16

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According to the TNM classification malignant pleural effusions are considered as

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • T3 - tumor that directly invades the chest wall

  • T4 - tumor that directly invades mediastinum

  • N3

  • M1 — distant metastasis

  • none of the above

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Frage 13 von 16

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Which of the following imaging tests is the most common test that we use in the preoperative staging of patients with suspected lung cancer?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Chest x-ray

  • CT scan of the chest and upper abdomen

  • MRI of the brain

  • FDG-PET scan

  • All of the above

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Frage 14 von 16

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How do we evaluate the nodal (N) stage in patients with lung cancer?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Chest CT

  • PET scan

  • Mediastinoscopy

  • Endoscopic bronchial ultrasound

  • All of the above

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Frage 15 von 16

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What is the standard treatment of patients with stage I and II lung cancer?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • VATS with biopsy

  • Wedge resection or segmentectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection

  • Lobectomy with systematic mediastinal lymph node dissection/sampling

  • Pneumonectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection

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Frage 16 von 16

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What is the most commonly used treatment of stage IV lung cancer?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • combination chemotherapy

  • pneumonectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection

  • radiation therapy

  • all of the above

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