Pathophysiology exam 5

Which of the following is necessary for tumor cells to establish a nutrient network to support continued overproliferation?

Cancer in children differs from adult cancers in that childhood cancers:

Which represented the greatest percentage of water in the extracellular compartment?

Tumor cells may secrete ectopic hormones, which can alter homeostasis. This is referred to as a/an _________ syndrome.

What is the most common form of lung cancer in the United States?

Which of the following is primarily used to monitor colorectal cancer?

Ms. Baker a 22 year old female came into the ER complaining of muscle weakness, cramps, fatigue and a headache. She has been hiking on the trails during a mild summer day. She has obsessed with drinking plenty of plain water to keep herself hydrated. After the initial assessment, dehydration had been ruled out. Ms. Baker was found to have water intoxication. Water intoxication is also known as,

Which gene has been implicated as the most common mutation leading to the development of cancer?

What is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the world?

In the initial phases, portal hypertension leads to ascites due to which mechanism of fluid transport?

You are the nurse for a patient that comes to the clinic concerned about a painless lymph node in the neck. A diagnosis of lymphoma is made. Which of the following would indicate that the lymphoma was Hodgkin lymphoma?

It is often said that you should drink 6 to 8 glasses of water every day to prevent dehydration.What is the most common cause of dehydration?

Which of the following is a malignant neoplasm of blood and blood forming organs and it is the most common cancer in children.

To determine if a tumor is benign or malignant, you must compare it to this:

Which of the following tumor suppressor genes inhibits apoptosis?

Which of the following is a clinical manifestation of hypoparathyroidism?

What specific glioma is the most common tumor originating in the brain?

Which of the following measurements would be most helpful when assessing for the most common complication of cirrhosis in a patient?

Hypernatremia results in:

What is the process of classifying the extent or spread of neoplasms and refers to the tumor size, location, lymph node involvement, and spread.

Which of the following will lead to this systemic manifestion of cancer due to the releasing of chemical mediators and energy utilization of neoplastic cells?

Which of the following is true about tumor grading?

Which class of diuretics works in the thick ascending loop of Henle, decreasing the osmolality of the interstital fluid of the collecting ducts and thus impairing the loop from concentrating urine?

What ion is most closely related to water movement?

Edema is the result in which of the following conditions?

Treatment of ascites is removal of fluid by which procedure?

Your friend was recently diagnosed with hypoparathyroidism. Which of the following electrolytes would you expect to be decreased in your friend's lab results?

Solutions in which the extracellular osmotic force is greater than the intracellular environment is known as:

Fluid movement from within the the interestitial space into the vessel (intravascular space) is called

What is the most common complication of cirrhosis?