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Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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1.Which of the following statements is false ?
A. Liver cancer is the fifth most common cancer in men and the
seventh in women
B. Highest incidence rates of liver cancer is in regions where
infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is endemic
C. Hepatocellular carcinoma rarely occurs before 40 years of
age
D. Hepatocellular carcinoma incidence reaches a peak at
approximately 50 years of age
2. Which of the following is associated with a reduced risk of
hepatocellular carcinoma ?
A. Coffee drinking
B. Tea drinking
C. Alcohol drinking
D. Tobacco chewing
3. Major risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) include
infection with all except ?
A. HBV
B. HCV
C. HIV
D. Alcoholic liver disease
4. Aflatoxin B1 is related to which of the following pathogen ?
A. Aspergillus
B. Nocardia
C. Candida
D. Cryptococcus
5. Which of the following is a carcinogen ?
A. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids
B. Tannic acid
C. Safrole
D. All of the above
6. A typical interval between HCV-associated transfusion and
subsequent HCC is approximately ?
A. 10 years
B. 20 years
C. 30 years
D. 40 years
7. Worldwide, chronic HBV infection accounts for what percentage
of all cases of hepatocellular carcinoma ?
A. ~ 25 %
B. ~ 50 %
C. ~ 75 %
D. ~ 100 %
8. What percentage of patients with HBV-related hepatocellular
carcinoma have cirrhosis ?
A. ~ 25 %
B. ~ 50 %
C. ~ 75 %
D. ~ 100 %
9. Factor associated with an increased risk of developing HCC is ?
A. Hepatitis B or C chronic infection
B. Cirrhosis from any cause
C. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
D. All of the above
10. Which of the following is a paraneoplastic syndrome in HCC ?
A. Erythrocytosis
B. Hypercalcemia
C. Hypercholesterolemia
D. All of the above
11.Which of the following estimations are useful in the
surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma ?
A. Serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
B. Des-gamma-carboxyprothrombin (DCP)
C. Lens culinaris agglutinin-reactive fraction of AFP (AFP-L3)
D. All of the above
12. Which of the following is a protein induced by vitamin K
absence ?
A. PIVKA-1
B. PIVKA-2
C. PIVKA-3
D. PIVKA-4
13. Which of the following imaging modality is most recommended
for hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance ?
A. Ultrasonographic imaging
B. Computed tomography (CT)
C. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
D. All of the above
14. Which of the following imaging feature is diagnostic of
hepatocellular carcinoma ?
A. Focal hepatic mass >2 cm in diameter in cirrhotics
B. Areas of early arterial enhancement
C. Areas of delayed washout
D. All of the above
15. Which of the following is of no use in the diagnosis of HCC ?
A. Triphasic CT
B. Gadolinium-enhanced MRI
C. Ultrasound
D. PET imaging
16. Child-Pugh scoring system uses how many clinical measures
of liver disease ?
A. 3
B. 4
D. 6
17. How many points in Child-Pugh scoring system denote class
A disease ?
A. 5 or 6 points
B. 7 to 9 points
C. 10 to 15
D. 16 to 20 points
18. TACE stands for ?
A. Transarterial catheter embolization
B. Transarterial cryo embolization
C. Transarterial chemo embolization
D. Transarterial cavity embolization
