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(Single Best Answer) Question 1: The treatment of choice for Anaplastic carcinoma of thyroid infiltrating trachea and sternum will be ?

A) Radical excision
B) Chemotherapy
C) Radiotherapy
D) Palliative / Symptomatic therapy
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(Single Best Answer) Question 2: The chemotherapeutic agent, most commonly administered by continuous infusion, is ?

A) Ara-C
B) 5-FU
C) Cisplatin
D) Etoposide
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(Single Best Answer) Question 3: Regarding testicular tumors, the following are false except ?

A) They are the commonest malignancy in older men
B) Seminomas are radiosensitive
C) Only 25% of Stage I teratomas are cured by surgery alone
D) Chemotherapy rarely produces a cure in those with metastatic disease
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(Single Best Answer) Question 4: The treatment of choice for Stage I cancer larynx is ?

A) Radical surgery
B) Chemotherapy
C) Radiotherapy
D) Surgery followed by radiotherapy
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(Single Best Answer) Question 5: Sodium-2-mercapto ethane sulfonate (mesna) is used as a protective agent in ?

A) Radiotherapy
B) Cancer chemotherapy
C) Lithotripsy
D) Hepatic encephalopathy
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(Single Best Answer) Question 6: 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
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(Single Best Answer) Question 7: Chemotherapeutic drugs can cause ?

A) Only necrosis
B) Only apoptosis
C) Both necrosis and apoptosis
D) Anoikis
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(Single Best Answer) Question 8: WHO Ladder is for the rational titration of ?

A) Oral analgesia
B) Chemotherapy
C) Radiotherapy
D) Antidepressants
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(Single Best Answer) Question 9: The most common side-effect of chemotherapy administration is ?

A) Nausea
B) Alopecia
C) Myelosuppression
D) Renal distinction
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