Download NURS 231 Pathophysiology Module 2 Exam: Questions and Answers and more Exams Pathophysiology in PDF only on Docsity! Portage Learning NURS 231 Pathophysiology latest 2025 updated & verified Module 2 Exam/100% success Attempt History Attempt Time Score LATEST Attempt 1 57 minutes 90.5 out of 100 Score for this quiz: 90.5 out of 100 This attempt took 57 minutes. Question 1 3 / 3 pts True/False: Blood tests for tumor markers can make a diagnosis of cancer. Why or why not? Your Answer: it is false because,levels are elevated under the bening condition, however the most levels are not elevated in early stages of malignant False, only tissue can diagnose. Tumor markers are helpful to assess response to therapy or reoccurrence. Question 2 3 / 3 pts What is the most important procedure in diagnosing the correct cancer and histology? Your Answer: tissue biopsy tissue biopsy Question 3 2 / 4 pts 1. List two signs or symptoms a patient may present with that might indicate a cancer diagnosis: 2. What are two systemic manifestations of cancer exhibited by cancer patients? Your Answer: 1. Surgery is often the first treatment for solid tumors. If the tumor is small with well-defined margins, it can be removed completely. It is also used for oncologic emergencies and prophylactic surgery in high risk patients. 2. Neutropenia- risk for infections Anemia- causing fatigue Thrombocytopenia- risk for bleeding Correct! Question 6 2.5 / 2.5 pts True/False: Cell proliferation is the process in which proliferating cells become more specialized cell types. True False False, cell differentiation Correct! Question 8 2.5 / 2.5 pts What are two important properties that stem cells possess? Your Answer: self renewal potncy Potency and self-renewal Question 9 0 / 2.5 pts Question 7 2.5 / 2.5 pts True/False: Cell differentiation is the process in which proliferating cells become more specialized cell types. True False These are cells of the same lineage that have not yet differentiated to the extent that they have lost their ability to divide: Your Answer: angiogenesis progenitor or parent cells Question 10 3 / 4 pts Define polyp. Are they benign or malignant? Your Answer: they project from the mecousas of in the intestine, they are fingerlike and project, they are bening A polyp is a growth that projects from a mucosal surface, such as the intestine. A polyp can be benign or malignant Question 11 3 / 3 pts What are normal genes called that become cancer-causing if mutated? Question 14 10 / 10 pts A 62-year-old man with a 30-pack year smoking history is diagnosed with small cell lung cancer with metastasis to the bone. (1) Explain the process of how cancer spreads metastatically. (2) What symptoms might he have presented with? (3) Which screening test would he have benefited from? Your Answer: first matastasisng cancer cell must break lose, and invade the surounding extra cellualr matrix to get acecess blod vessels,to gorw, then it must survive through the blood stream until it comes up a favorable location to deveopl the blood supply and invade the surounding tissue 2- coughing, shortness breath bone pain 3- yearly shows los dose chest CT (1) Metastasis- a cancer cell must break loose from the primary tumor, invade the surrounding extracellular matrix, gain access to a blood vessel, survive its passage in the bloodstream, emerge at a favorable location, invade the surrounding tissue, begin to grow, and establish a blood supply. (2) Chest pain, shortness of breath, cough, bone pain. (3) Yearly low-dose chest CT. 4 / 4 pts Question 17 Correct! Correct! Correct! Correct! Correct! QUESTION 15 Malignant tumors have which of the following characteristics? Select all that apply. Variable rate of growth Spreads by metastasis Well-differentiated cells Fibrous capsule Question 16 3 / 3 pts What are molecular and cellular mechanisms in genes that increase susceptibility to cancer? Select all that apply. Lack of cellular senescence Angiogenesis Ability to undergo apoptosis Mutations in growth factor signaling pathways Intact DNA repair genes List 4 of the 7 risk factors linked to cancer as stated in the module. Your Answer: obisity radation cancer causing agents envirnmental agent heredity hormonal Heredity, hormonal factors, obesity, immunologic mechanisms, environmental agents such as chemicals, radiation, and cancer-causing viruses. Question 18 10 / 10 pts 1. is a systemic treatment that enables drugs to reach the site of the tumor as well as other distant sites. 2. The profound weight loss and wasting of fat and tissue that accompany cancer is known as . Your Answer: