Deck 36: Gynecological Tumors

Question 1

Intraperitoneal radiopharmaceuticals can be used to treat which of the following female reproductive organs?

A) ovarian
B) uterus (endometrium)
C) vaginal
D) vulvar

Answer 1

A
Use of the radioisotope P-32 as a colloidal solution placed into the peritoneal cavity is an accepted alternative to single agent chemotherapy for treating high-risk stages I and II ovarian cancers.

Question 2

Who has the most significant risk of developing ovarian cancer?

A) 35-year-old woman with one child
B) 35-year-old woman with five children
C) 65-year-old woman with one child
D) 65-year-old woman with five children

Answer 2

C
Ovarian carcinoma occurs primarily in women between the ages of 50 and 70.Furthermore,few or late pregnancies increase a woman's risk.

Question 3

Overall,cervical cancer occurs most frequently with those associated with which of the factors below?
I)Women of lower socioeconomic status
II)Early sexual activity and multiple partners
III)Multiple instances of pelvic infection

A) I and II
B) I and III
C) II and III
D) I,II,and III

Answer 3

D
Patients that are of lower socioeconomic status often have less than average participation in screening programs.Also,those that have early instances of sexual activity often with multiple partners and higher instances of pelvic infections have been associated with an increase in cervical cancer risk.

Question 4

What is the most common histologic form of ovarian cancer?

A) squamous cell
B) adenocarcinoma
C) epithelial
D) germ cell

Question 5

Cancer of which organ can be genetically linked to breast cancer?

A) ovarian
B) uterus (endometrium)
C) vaginal
D) vulvar

Question 6

Chlamydia infections are a risk factor for developing which female reproductive cancer?

A) ovarian
B) cervical
C) vaginal
D) vulvar

Question 7

What organ(s)are blocked when treating ovarian cancer with radiation?

A) ovaries
B) kidneys
C) small bowel
D) spinal cord

Question 8

Primary peritoneal carcinomas are most closely associated with which cancer?

A) ovarian
B) cervical
C) vaginal
D) vulvar

Question 9

Which of the following cancers can be treated using whole abdomen irradiation?

A) ovarian
B) cervical
C) vaginal
D) vulvar

Question 10

What is the most common histologic form of vaginal cancer?

A) squamous cell
B) adenocarcinoma
C) epithelial
D) germ cell

Question 11

Ovarian cancer is most closely related to which other cancer(s)?
I)breast
II)colon
III)cervical

A) I only
B) I and II
C) II and III
D) I,II,and III

Question 12

What is the common name for the female external genitalia?

A) vulva
B) mons pubis
C) labia
D) perineum

Question 13

What is the most common histologic form of cervical cancer?

A) squamous cell
B) adenocarcinoma
C) epithelial
D) germ cell

Question 14

Bolus may be used when treating which of the following cancers?

A) ovarian
B) cervical
C) vaginal
D) vulvar

Question 15

What is the most common histologic form of endometrial cancer?

A) squamous cell
B) adenocarcinoma
C) epithelial
D) germ cell

Question 16

Cancer of which female reproductive organ is most deadly?

A) ovarian
B) uterus (endometrium)
C) vaginal
D) vulvar

Question 17

Which of the following cancers is treated with the patient in the "frog leg" position?

A) ovarian
B) cervical
C) vaginal
D) vulvar

Question 18

What is the most common histologic form of vulvar cancer?

A) squamous cell
B) adenocarcinoma
C) epithelial
D) germ cell

Question 19

Pap testing is a screening tool used to detect which cancer?

A) ovarian
B) cervical
C) vaginal
D) vulvar

Question 20

Cervical cancer that has spread outside the cervix to the upper third of the vagina is which stage?

A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV

Question 21

The ovaries are retroperitoneal.

Question 22

Which is true of a cervical cancer with a stage II classification?
I)The cancer invades beyond the uterus but not to the pelvic sidewalls.
II)The cancer extends to the lower third of the vagina.
III)Bladder and/or rectum involvement is possible.

A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I,II and III

Question 23

Bladder and rectal doses are more important to gynecologic radiation therapy planning than kidney doses.

Question 24

Cone biopsies are used to detect cancer of the vulva.

Question 25

The vagina is lined with mucous glands.

Question 26

Cancer of the fallopian tubes is rare.

Question 27

The majority of cervical cancers are discovered early.

Question 28

Use of oral contraceptives reduces a woman's risk of developing ovarian cancer.

Question 29

Which female reproductive organ is most likely to develop cancer?

A) ovarian
B) uterus (endometrium)
C) vaginal
D) vulvar

Question 30

Healthy women who have had a total abdominal hysterectomy still need to have regular Pap testing.