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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Prevention Is the Cure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Moya Cole takes another look at whose theories on radical surgery?
(a) Howard's.
(b) Mukherjee's.
(c) Farber's.
(d) Halsted's.

2. Virchow began to notice uncontrolled growth of cells. Virchow referred to this as _____________ or distorted growth.
(a) Alloplasia.
(b) Neoplasia.
(c) Pseudoplasia.
(d) Physioplasia.

3. The battle to attack pre-cancer versus full blown cancer raged on. One of the most significant discoveries was made by George ____________________, a student who was assigned to studying the menses of guinea pigs.
(a) Papalous.
(b) Papanicolaou.
(c) Papua.
(d) Papanoumous.

4. In 1969, the New York Times published an open letter to ___________________ begging him to support cancer research.
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Jimmy Carter.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

5. What is STAMP?
(a) Spongey Tumor Automated Mammogram Program.
(b) Simulated Test and Analysis for Mammograms and Paps.
(c) Special Tumor Analysis Marrow Properties.
(d) Solid Tumor Autologous Marrow Program.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mukherjee updates Carla Reed's condition. What had happened so far?

2. Cole believed that these theories may have been right when?

3. In 1942, UK statisticians approached the Ministry of Health with the shocking news that cancer morbidity had risen ______ fold in the past 20 years.

4. In _________ John Bennett, a Scottish physician, had described the case of a 28-year-old slate layer who complained of a mysterious swelling in his spleen.

5. The discovery of scrotal cancer helped to promote what?

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