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In phase 3 clinical trials of new cancer therapies, neither the patient participant nor the treating physician know if the participant is in the test group and received the new therapy or is in the control group and received a placebo.

Most cancer drugs that are developed through phase 3 clinical trials become FDA approved.

In order to successfully metastasize, carcinoma cells must be able to:

All of the following phenomena occur in malignant neoplasms EXCEPT:

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans can detect variations in the glucose metabolism of a cancer as well as its size and shape.

Factors that increase the risk of cancer include all of the following EXCEPT:

The worldwide incidence (number of new cases in the population) of cancer is projected to decline over the next 15 years.

The regeneration of surviving cells, which makes tumors more resistant to successful treatment, describes which of the “4Rs” of response to radiation therapy?

Palliative care is high-dose anti-cancer therapy given to a patient who is dying of their cancer.

Surgery is typically the treatment of choice for cancers that are localized to the organ of origin at the time of diagnosis.