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Pregunta 1 de 16

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Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 16

1

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • first

  • second (after breast cancer)

  • third

  • fourth

  • fifth

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 16

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • radon gas

  • asbestos

  • cigarette smoking

  • air pollution

  • iatrogenic radiation exposure

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 16

1

The most frequent histologic type of lung cancer is

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • adenocarcinoma

  • squamous cell carcinoma

  • neuroendocrine tumors

  • salivary gland-type tumors

  • adenosquamous carcinoma

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 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?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • salivary gland-type tumors

  • squamous cell carcinoma

  • adenocarcinoma

  • small cell carcinoma

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 16

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Which of these statements is true for lung cancer?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 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?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • hemoptysis

  • cough

  • stridor

  • dyspnea

  • chest wall pain

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 16

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 16

1

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion

  • Cushing's syndrome

  • Superior vena cava syndrome

  • Hypercalcemia

  • Digital clubbing

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 16

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • atelectasis distal to the obstruction

  • compression of the pulmonary artery or branches resulting in hypoperfusion

  • pleural effusions

  • pancoast's syndrome

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 16

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Surgical resection lobectomy or pneumonectomy

  • We perform only wedge or sublobar resection

  • VATS with pleurodesis

  • We don’t perform any surgical intervention

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 16

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According to the TNM classification malignant pleural effusions are considered as

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • T3 - tumor that directly invades the chest wall

  • T4 - tumor that directly invades mediastinum

  • N3

  • M1 — distant metastasis

  • none of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 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?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Chest x-ray

  • CT scan of the chest and upper abdomen

  • MRI of the brain

  • FDG-PET scan

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 16

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Chest CT

  • PET scan

  • Mediastinoscopy

  • Endoscopic bronchial ultrasound

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 16

1

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 16

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • combination chemotherapy

  • pneumonectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection

  • radiation therapy

  • all of the above

Explicación