Copy of CANCER REGISTRATION COURSE: QUIZ 8

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* 1. Staging is a way of describing the size of the tumour and is important because it guides the physician on the best therapy for the patient. True or False?

True

False

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* 2. The following elements need to be considered in any staging system when staging a tumour, except one. Which one?

Site of primary cancer

Size of the tumour

A second primary site

Involvement of regional lymph nodes

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* 3. The following are the different types of staging system. Which of these is widely used to stage several types of cancers?

The Ann Arbor staging system

TNM (Tumour, Node, Metastasis) staging system

International Federation of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (FIGO) system

None of the above

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* 4. Cancers can be staged through pathology (pathological staging) or clinically through physical exam or imaging (clinical staging). In which circumstances is cancer not staged?

When primary site is known

When metastastatic site is known

When information is available only on death certificate

When multiple lymphnodes are involved

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* 5. The letter “T” in TNM staging system stands for Tumour. What does “Tx” mean?

Tumour is too small

Tumour is too large

No evidence of primary

Tumour cannot be assessed