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?Which tumor has the most molecular changes (mutations) 

A patient with a large breast mass and matted axillary lymph nodes has a needle biopsy which demonstrates infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast. The tumor is estrogen receptor negative but expresses Her-2-neu. A decision is made to give chemotherapy before surgery using traditional chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide and taxotere with trastuzumab (Herceptin) in an effort to reduce the tumor size and make it resectable. This approach is called.

For a patient at home under hospice care who is in heart failure, emergency technicians are______________

Ras Bound to GTP is: 

A 48 year-old woman presents to your clinic with a self-detected 2cm right breast mass. Her mammogram is worrisome for cancer. The initial step in management is:

Which of the following is a late effect of cancer treatment?

Which of the following treatments would be most useful in treating a colorectal tumor that is driven by a RAS (i.e., KRAS) mutation?

Which of the following caries the greatest risk of carcinoma:

A population-based study in the state of Tyrol, Austria where prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening has been free of charge for the last three decades compared prostate cancer mortality there and in the neighboring (less affluent) states in Austria where PSA testing has not been freely available. This observational study suggested that PSA-based screening significantly decreases prostate cancer mortality. One possible source of bias in this comparison is that screened patients may be diagnosed earlier in their natural history. This refers to which of the following?

The immediate post-World War I environment in America was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT: