Exam Questions Epidemiology Of Laryngeal Cancer Chapter.14 - Test Bank | Epidemiology of Chronic Disease 2e by Harris by Randall E. Harris. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 14. Epidemiology of Laryngeal Cancer
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True/False Questions
- Nearly all malignancies of the larynx are squamous cell carcinomas.
- Cancer of the larynx occurs seven times more often in men than women.
- Unequivocal scientific evidence linking cigarette smoking to the development of laryngeal cancer was published in the 1964 Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health.
- The annual incidence of laryngeal cancer has declined by about 40% in the United States since 1990.
- Chronic cigarette smoking markedly increases the risk of developing laryngeal cancer, particularly in combination with chronic alcohol consumption.
- Alcohol consumption is not an independent risk factor for laryngeal cancer.
- Chronic infection by HPV-16 increases the risk of developing laryngeal cancer.
- Laryngeal tumors occasionally arise after incidental radiation exposure either by X-rays taken of the throat early in life or radiotherapy for other malignancies of the head and neck.
Multiple Choice Questions
- The association of cigarette smoking with laryngeal cancer fulfills which of the following criteria of judgment for causation?
- Strength of association
- Dose response
- Biological plausibility
- Temporality
- All of the above are correct.
- The annual incidence rates of laryngeal cancer in the US population have decreased by what percent since 1990?
- 10%
- 20%
- 30%
- 40%
- Risk factors for laryngeal cancer other than tobacco smoking include all of the following except:
- deficiency of vitamins.
- HPV-16 infection.
- prior radiation of the neck.
- heavy alcohol consumption.
- Infection with which HPV strain shows the strongest association with laryngeal cancer?
- HPV-6
- HPV-11
- HPV-16
- HPV-18
- What dose response pattern in the risk of laryngeal cancer is evident with combined abuse of tobacco and alcohol?
- Additive effect
- Synergistic effect
- Plateau
- Multiplicative effect
- b and d are both correct.
Essay Questions
- Describe the global burden of laryngeal cancer.
- Discuss findings of early epidemiologic investigations of laryngeal cancer and tobacco smoking.
- Discuss laryngeal cancer risk factors other than tobacco smoking.
- Discuss strategies for the primary prevention of laryngeal cancer.
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