Oncology Questions

Are anthracycline anti-tumor antibiotics CCS or CCNS?

Which 2 antimetabolites requrie activation by HGPRTases into toxic nucleotides that inhibit several enzymes involved in purine metabolism?

Panitumumab is used in the treatment of which cancer?

What type of drug is indicated by the suffix -mumab?

Are anti-tumor antibiotics structurally similar or dissimilar?

Are antimetabolites structurally similar or dissimilar?

Which chemotherapy term?- Primary treatment for many hematologic cancers and for advanced solid tumors for which no alternative treatment exists

Which chemotherapy term?- Use of chemotherapy in patients who present with localized cancer for which alternative local therapy (surgery) exists

Which chemotherapy term?- Treatment of many solid tumors, chemotherapy serves as an important accessory to local treatment procedures

If fine needle aspiration is done on a breast mass and the mass resolves, yielding non-bloody fluid, what is the mass?

What eponymous ductal carcinoma involves the nipple with scaling, eczematoid lesions?

If a breast cancer is found to be HER2/neu positive, is that a favourable or an unfavourable finding?

What monoclonal antibody is used to treat HER2/neu positive breast cancers?

If FNA yields bloody fluid from a breast mass, what is the next step?

The treatment for fibroadenoma is generally conservative, with serial observation. When might you consider excision?

What caused the firm, ill-defined +/- tender mass of a fat necrosis?

LCIS is a marker for high malignant potential in either breast. What treatment options in addition to clinical follow-up can be offered?

LCIS is considered a marker for future breast cancer (in either breast). Can it be found with mammography?

A mass with a spiculated border on mammography is indicative of what?

Can a normal mammogram rule out suspicion of cancer based on clinical findings?