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Chapter 20: Cancer
1. Which type of cancer is the most common and is formed by epithelial cells, which are the cells that cover the inside and outside surfaces of the body?
a. Leukaemia
b. Melanoma
c. Lymphoma
d. Carcinoma
2. How many estimated prostate cancer deaths were there in the US in 2016?
a. 40,450
b. 158,080
c. 26,120
d. 49,190
3. In China what is one of the leading causes of cancer death among Chinese men and women?
a. Lung cancer
b. Colon cancer
c. Digestive tract cancer
d. Skin cancer
4. The psychological research literature into cancer is limited by which of the following methodological issue?
a. Most studies are cross-sectional, meaning that problems reported may not be caused by cancer and its treatment
b. Many studies involve women only
c. The majority of studies include mainly white people with few participants from ethnic minority groups
d. All of these
5. Which treatment destroys the bone marrow cells and can be given to patients having a bone marrow transplant or stem cell transplant?
a. Total body irradiation
b. Chemotherapy
c. Radiotherapy (RT)
d. Biological therapy
6. In a review of 97 studies, Hess and Chen (2014) reported that approximately ______ of RT patients experienced some form of psychosocial function decline.
a. half
b. one-third
c. two-thirds
d. three-quarters
7. Stanton, Rowland and Ganz (2015) describe survivorship after medical treatment in three phases. What is the first phase?
a. 'Early survivorship'
b. First entry
c. 'Reentry'
d. 'Long-term survivorship'
8. What had been observed to follow the occurrence of traumatic events including accidents, warfare, death of a loved one, and cancer diagnosis and treatment (Stanton, 2010)?
a. Benefit finding
b. Posttraumatic growth
c. Benefit finding and posttraumatic growth
d. Neither benefit finding or posttraumatic growth
9. Women who were ______ before diagnosis had a subsequent 66% increased risk of all-cause mortality and a two-fold increased risk of breast cancer mortality compared with women who were ______.
a. socially isolated, socially integrated
b. married, single
c. unemployed, employed
d. extroverts, introverts
10. Among informal carers and people with cancer, cancer had led to ______.
a. changes to sexuality and intimacy
b. changed communication patterns
c. neglect of the self and other relationships
d. all of these
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Essentials of Nursing Critically Ill Adults Questions
By David F. Marks