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Q. What is the most effective screening technique for cervical cancer?
a. Fourier transform infrared
b. PCR assay
c. HPV DNA testing
d. Pap smear
Ans: d. The most effective screening technique remains the Papanicolaou test ("Pap
smear").Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is a new tool for screening
cervical cancer and has a sensitivity of85% and a specificity of91 %. PCR DNA
techniques can be used to help detect concomitant HPV infection.
Q. Which of the following is a risk factor for breast cancer?
a. fibrocystic disease
b. first-degree relative with breast cancer
c. late menarche
d. multiple previous pregnancies
Ans: b. Nulliparity, early menarche, and history of a first-degree relative with breast
cancer are all risk factors for breast cancer. Fibrocystic disease is not a risk factor
for breast cancer
Q. Which of the following is associated with Lyme disease?
a. The infection is carried by mosquito larvae.
b. The infectious pathogen is Borrelia burgdorferi.
c. Nervous system involvement does not occur.
d. All patients present with a typical rash known as erythema chronicum migrans
Ans: b. The infectious pathogen of Lyme disease is Borrelia burgdorferi. The carrier
is the Ixodes genus of tick. Many patients present with erythema chronicum
migrans but not all.
