| 1. The most common type of cancer is: |
a. breast
b. lung
c. skin
d. colorectal
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| 2. What’s a woman’s lifetime risk of developing breast cancer? |
a. 1 in 12
b. 1 in 10
c. 1 in 8
d. 1 in 4
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| 3. What percentage of cancers are diagnosed at age 55 and up ? |
a. 50%
b. 75%
c. 80%d.
d. 40%
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| 4. What’s the most common childhood cancer? |
a. leukemia
b. lymphoma
c. osteosarcoma
d. brain tumors
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| 5. What is the percentage of eligible adults who participate in cancer clinical trials? |
a. 33%
b. 50%
c. 25%
d. 3%
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| 6. The leading cause of cancer death in men is: |
a. colorectal cancer
b. lung cancer
c. prostate cancer
d. skin cancer
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| 7. The leading cause of cancer death in women is: |
a. lung cancer
b. breast cancer
c. colorectal cancer
d. skin cancer
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| 8. What’s quickly catching up to smoking as the #1 cause of preventable cancer deaths? |
a. alcohol use
b. chemical exposure
c. obesity and sedentary lifestyle
d. radiation
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9. The PSA blood test is used in diagnosing: |
a. pancreatic cancer
b. prostate cancer
c. colorectal cancer
d. bladder cancer
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| 10. This ethnic group has the highest prostate cancer rates in the world : |
a. African- American
b. Chinese
c. Latino
d. Caucasian
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| 11 Cervical cancer is caused by: |
a. Human papilloma virus
b. genital warts
c. genital herpes
d. dirty toilet seats
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| 12. Which of the following has been linked to cancer development? |
a. lifestyle
b. family history
c. inflammation
d. all the above
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| 13. Which cancer of the female reproductive system causes the most deaths? |
a. uterine
b. cervical
c. ovarian
d. vaginal
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| 14. Which of the following does not increase the risk of oral cancer? |
a. chewing tobacco
b. smoking
c. chewing gum
d. heavy alcohol use
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| 15. Latinos have disproportionately high rates of which cancers ? |
a. stomach, liver, and cervical
b. lung, breast and prostate
c. pancreatic, colorectal, and bladder
d. testicular, ovarian, and uterine
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| 16. Which of the following cancers can be prevented through a diagnostic test? |
a. breast
b. prostate
c. lung
d. colon cancer
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| 17. What percentage of cancers is preventable? |
a. 10%
b. 33%
c. 50%
d. 25%
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| 18. What percentage of cancer is hereditary? |
a. 5-10%
b. 25%-30%
c. 40-50%
d. 1%
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| 19. The estimated number of new U.S. cancer cases this year is: |
a. 1.4 million
b. 2.4 million
c. 3.4 million
d. 500-thousand
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| 20. The estimated number of American cancer survivors alive today is: |
a. 5 million
b. 10 million
c. 1 million
d. 3 million
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