(Single Best Answer) Question 1: The new agent pemetrexed, useful in breast cancer, belongs to which of the following category of drugs ?
A) Antitumor antibiotic B) Alkylating agent C) Hormonal agent D) Antimetabolite Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 2: In Patients with breast cancer, chest wall involvement means involvement of any one of the following structures except ?
A) Serratus Anterior B) Pectoralis Major C) Intercostal Muscles D) Ribs Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 3: Use of tamoxifen in carcinoma of breast patients does not lead to the following side effects ?
A) Thromboembolic events B) Endometrial Carcinoma C) Cataract D) Cancer in opposite breast Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 4: Following surgical removal of a firm nodular cancer swelling in the right breast and exploration of the right axilla, on examination the patient was found to have a winged right scapula. Most likely this could have occured due to injury to the ?
A) Subscapular muscle B) Coracoid process of scapula C) Long thoracic nerve D) Circumflex scapular artery Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 5: A 14 year old healthy girl of normal height and weight for age, complains that her right breast has developed twice the size of her left breast since the onset of puberty at the age of 12. Both breasts have a .similar consistency on palpation with normal nipples areolae. The most likely-cause for these findings is ?
A) Cystosarcoma phylloides B) Virginal hypertrophy C) Fibrocystic disease D) Early state of carcinoma Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 6: Breast conservation surgery for breast cancer is indicated in one of the following conditions ?
A) T1 breast tumor B) Multicentric tumor C) Extensive in situ cancer D) T4b breast tumor Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 7: Breast conservation surgery for breast cancer is indicated in one of the following conditions ?
A) T1 breast tumor B) Multicentric tumor C) Extensive in situ cancer D) T4b breast tumor Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 8: A 55 year old post menopausal women, on hormone replacement therapy (HRT), presents with heaviness in both breasts. A screening mammogram reveals a high density speculated mass with cluster of pleomorphic microcalcification and ipsilateral large axillary lymph nodes. The mass described here most likely represents ?
A) Cystosarcoma phylloides B) Lymphoma C) Fibroadenoma D) Carcinoma Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
A) Spiculation B) Microcalcification C) Macrocalcification D) Irregular mass Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 10: A 58 year old woman has been diagnosed with locally advanced breast cancer and has been recommended for chemotherapy. She has five years history of myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure. Which anti-neoplastic drug shoud be best avoided ?
A) Anthracycline B) Alkylating agent C) Platinum compound D) Biphosphonates Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):