A 55-year-old male patient with a 30 pack-year smoking history asks about lung cancer screening. According to USPSTF guidelines, which screening recommendation is most appropriate?
Aocnp Cancer Continuum
Question · Medium
Who can interpret for a patient?
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Cancer risk assessment vs. cancer screening
Cancer Continuum
Flashcard
A 45-year-old woman with a family history of breast cancer (mother diagnosed at age 42) asks about BRCA testing. What is the most appropriate initial action?
How abnormal cancer cells and tissue look under a microscope, a feature used to plan treatment and estimate prognosis.
Diagnosis and staging
Guess the Term
Chapter 1: Introduction & Exam Overview
1.1 About the AOCNP Exam
Study guide
Cheat sheet
Which screening combination is recommended for average-risk adults aged 45-75 for colorectal cancer prevention?
Question · Easy
Read the clue and guess the term in 6 tries.
Game
Predictive biomarker
A 38-year-old woman presents with BRCA1 mutation. Which risk-reducing strategy has the strongest evidence for improving survival?
Blood marker that may be found in people with colon cancer and can also rise in people who smoke.
Tumor markers
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is recommended for cancer prevention in which population?
Prognostic biomarker
A 50-year-old male with ulcerative colitis for 15 years asks about colon cancer surveillance. What is the recommended screening interval?
Panel that measures red cells, white cells, and platelets.
Diagnostic tests
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Which factor is considered a high-risk criterion for Lynch syndrome (hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer)?
Question · Hard
Swap tiles to line up three of the same term.
Term Match
Why assess performance status before treatment?
A patient asks about aspirin for colorectal cancer prevention. Which statement is most accurate?
Blood marker that rises with primary liver cancer or germ cell tumors.
A 30-year-old female smoker inquires about cervical cancer screening. When should cervical cancer screening begin?
TNM: what does M describe?
A woman with BRCA2 mutation at age 42 is considering risk-reducing bilateral mastectomy. What is the most appropriate counseling regarding benefits?
Broad category of procedures that remove cells or tissue for a pathologist, including incisional, excisional, and needle methods.
Chapter 2: Cancer Continuum - Risk, Prevention & Screening
2.1 Cancer Risk Factors, At-Risk Populations & Health Disparities
A 62-year-old man presents with painless jaundice, weight loss, and dark urine. Laboratory studies show elevated total bilirubin and alkaline phosphatase. Which diagnostic study is most appropriate as the initial evaluation?
Flip two cards at a time to find matching terms.
Term Pairs
Germline vs. somatic variant
A 58-year-old woman presents with a new breast mass. Which combination of diagnostic studies is considered the standard of care for initial evaluation?
Three-part code describing a cancer's size, nearby spread, and distant disease.
A patient with suspected lung cancer undergoes CT-guided biopsy of a peripheral lung lesion. The pathology shows small cell carcinoma. What is the most appropriate next step in staging?
When should fertility concerns enter cancer planning?
Which tumor marker is most appropriate for monitoring treatment response in a patient with advanced colorectal cancer?
Standard way to classify whether measurable lesions shrink, stay stable, or grow on x-ray, CT, or MRI.
Disease measurement
2.2 Primary Prevention, Vaccination, Chemoprevention & Risk-Reducing Surgery
A 45-year-old man presents with hematuria and flank pain. CT urogram reveals a 6 cm renal mass. What is the most appropriate next step?
Find five hidden terms in a grid of letters.
Term Search
Individualized cancer treatment plan
Which clinical finding is most suggestive of superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome in a patient with known lung cancer?
Trial endpoint measuring how long a patient who still has disease lives without it getting worse.
Trial endpoints
A 55-year-old woman presents with postmenopausal bleeding. Endometrial biopsy shows grade 1 endometrioid adenocarcinoma. What is the most appropriate initial preoperative evaluation?
Patient navigation
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