Deck 40: Skin Cancers and Melanoma

Question 1

What is the medical term for a mole?

A) actinic keratoses
B) nevus
C) telangiectases
D) xeroderma pigmentosum

Answer 1

D
Melanomas tend to develop from melanocytes (the skin cells that produce melanin),which grow in clusters to form a mole,or nevus.

Question 2

The incidence of skin cancer has declined over the past two decades.

Answer 2

False
Unfortunately,the incidence of skin cancers and melanomas is rising and continues to grow throughout the world.

Question 3

Smoking is the leading cause of skin cancer.

Answer 3

False
Many factors are directly and indirectly responsible for the development of the various forms of skin cancer,but the major cause is exposure to UV light.

Question 4

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC)is a slow-growing form of skin cancer that does not tend to metastasize.

Question 5

Which cancer is commonly associated with HIV?

A) rhabdomyosarcoma
B) mycosis fungoides
C) melanoma
D) Kaposi sarcoma

Question 6

The risk of metastatic involvement increases as the depth of a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)increases.

Question 7

What is the most widely used staging system for melanoma?

A) TNM
B) Breslow
C) Clarke
D) ATCG

Question 8

What is the most common form of skin cancer?

A) basal cell carcinoma
B) squamous cell carcinoma
C) melanoma
D) Kaposi sarcoma

Question 9

What is the most superficial layer of the skin?

A) hypodermis
B) dermis
C) subdermis
D) epidermis

Question 10

Malignant melanomas are extremely radiosensitive.

Question 11

The skin is the largest organ of the human body.

Question 12

Most skin cancers are treated with parallel-opposed photon beams.

Question 13

Which of the following diseases is occasionally treated by total skin electron irradiation?

A) Kaposi sarcoma
B) melanoma
C) mycosis fungoides
D) multiple myeloma

Question 14

What primary skin cancer (other than malignant melanoma)is aggressive and has a tendency to spread through the lymphatics and blood stream?

A) adenocarcinoma
B) basal cell
C) squamous cell
D) Merkel cell

Question 15

Traditional fraction doses of 180 to 200 cGy should be used when treating malignant melanoma with radiation.

Question 16

What is the technique in which the tumor is removed and examined one layer at a time?

A) curettage and electrodesiccation
B) Mohs surgery
C) cryosurgery
D) laser surgery

Question 17

Which of the following factors contributes to the incidence of skin cancer?
I)geographic location
II)skin type
III)previous skin cancers
IV)gender

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

Question 18

What form of skin cancer has the highest mortality rate?

A) basal cell carcinoma
B) squamous cell carcinoma
C) melanoma
D) Kaposi sarcoma

Question 19

What do the ABCDs of melanoma represent?

A) adenocarcinoma,basal cell carcinoma,carcinoma in situ,dermatoma
B) abrasion,bruise,cut,dimpling
C) asymmetry,border,color,diameter
D) appearance,blackness,contour,depth

Question 20

What is the most significant cause of skin cancer?

A) radiation exposure
B) sun exposure
C) arsenic exposure
D) human papillomavirus

Question 21

Which of the following is the correct order to the layers of the skin from deep to superficial?

A) stratum granulosum,stratum spinosum,stratum lucidum,stratum basale,stratum corneum
B) stratum corneum,stratum lucidum,stratum granulosum,stratum spinosum,stratum basale
C) stratum basale,stratum granulosum,stratum spinosum,stratum corneum,stratum lucidum
D) stratum basale,stratum spinosum,stratum granulosum,stratum lucidum,stratum corneum