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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In ___________, George Canellas and Tom Frei spent time in the lab matching various drugs to various cancers. Included on the drug list were cytotoxic drugs cytoxan, vincristine, procarabazine, and methotrexate.
(a) 1953.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1943.

2. What is MOPP?
(a) A radical surgery done for those with cancer.
(b) A tool used to clean the floor.
(c) A combination chemotherapy regimen.
(d) A simple surgery done for those with cancer.

3. This place was 'our __________________,' a chemotherapist recalls.
(a) Trench and bunker.
(b) Hideout.
(c) Hidden treasure.
(d) Treasure trove.

4. Mukherjee updates Carla Reed's condition. What had happened so far?
(a) Carla was in remission.
(b) Carla's cancer had returned.
(c) Carla had passed away.
(d) Carla was cured.

5. A battle began between two schools of thought. What are these schools of thought?
(a) The concept of chemical remedies and homeopathic remedies.
(b) The concept of surgery and homeopathic remedies.
(c) The concept of surgery and non-surgery.
(d) The concept of radical surgery and simple surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. The only way to test these different beliefs about Halstedian theory was to do what?

2. Virchow ultimately referred to the disease as "weisses Blut" or ___________. In 1847 the name was changed to leukemia.

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

4. The year of his death, 1972, marked what?

5. The use of MOPP continued to be used in the treatment of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Virchow stumble upon cancer?

2. What are the two schools of thought regarding surgery? Why was this such a problem?

3. Describe the New York Times letter to Richard Nixon. How could this tactic be useful today?

4. What did Moya Cole think of Halsted's theories? Why?

5. What is meant by counting? Why does this matter?

6. What did FDR do to fight cancer? What caused support of cancer research to wane? Why?

7. What is VAMP? What about this might have surprised Zubrod?

8. On what two fundamental tenets is biology based? Explain these tenets.

9. How was the chemotherapy ward a battle ground in the 1970s?

10. How could this battle regarding surgery be ended?

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