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Question 1

What are the most common types of cancer in men in the US?

Answer 1

prostate, colorectal, melanoma, urinary, lung

Question 2

How many cancer deaths are related to obesity/overweight, physical inactivity and poor nutrition?

Answer 2

1/3

Question 3

What nutrients support DNA repair?

Answer 3

folate, selenium, allyl sulfer compounds

Question 4

supplementation of this nutrient is suspected to increase rates of colorectal cancer?

Answer 4

folate

Question 5

Once carcinogenesis is intiated, what provides substrates for DNA synthesis and accelerates cancer cell proliferation

Answer 5

folate

Question 6

protective hormone that decreases insulin resistance and inflammation and promotes apoptosis

Answer 6

adiponectin

Question 7

_____ supplements probably protect against colorectal cancer, but levels above ____ mg/day increase risk for prostate cancer

Answer 7

calcium; 1500 mg/day

Question 8

increasing foods high in selenium and lycopene are productive against what cancers?

Answer 8

prostate

Question 9

What are allium vegetables and what type of cancer do the protect against?

Answer 9

garlic, onions, leeks; stomacl cancer

Question 10

Healthy patterns of diet and PA can prevent what percentage of the most common cancers

Answer 10

33%

Question 11

What has been shown to protect against colorectal cancer?

Answer 11

garlic and foods that contain dietary fiber

Question 12

What are the 2 validated screening tool for outpatient setting?

Answer 12

PG-SGA and MST

Question 13

Tumor control rate is reduced by ___% eith every day that radiation therapy is interrupted?

Answer 13

1%

Question 14

What % of patients with advanced cancer will develop sarcopenia?

Answer 14

50%

Question 15

ECOG score of ___ would indicate a patient is only capable of limited self-care, confined to bed or chair>50% or waking hours

Answer 15

3

Question 16

ECOG ranges

Answer 16

0- normal/fully functional; 3- 50%; 5 dead

Question 17

Karnofsky scores

Answer 17

80-100 normal; functional; 50-70 unable to work; 40-0 severe decline- dead

Question 18

Adults of nutrition support need how much CHO and fat per ASPEN guidlines?

Answer 18

CHO <7g/kg/day and fat </= 2.5g/kg/day

Question 19

micronutrients lost during inflammatory process due to sequestration in liver and reticuloendothelial system, increased urinary losses, and protein catabolism

Answer 19

selenium, copper, iron, zinc

Question 20

% of patients that are normometabolic at diagnosis

Answer 20

44%

Question 21

what two adipokines are influenced by adiposity that may modulate carcinogenesis?

Answer 21

leptin and adiponectin

Question 22

what is a key regulator of energy balance and appetite control?

Answer 22

leptin

Question 23

what adipokine does not increase as body fat increases?

Answer 23

adiponectin

Question 24

malnutriton is reported in approximately how many cancer patients at this time of diagnosis? and up to what percent over the course of care?

Answer 24

15-20% at diagnosis; 80% over care course

Question 25

which botanical supplement was found to alter the pharmacokinectics of imatinib?

Answer 25

st johns wort

Question 26

Omega 3 supplements are felt to be safe, but there is increased concern for increased bleeding tendencies at doses above what daily dose?

Answer 26

4000mg

Question 27

what supplement could inhibit the activity of bortezomib in the treatment of multiple myeloma?

Answer 27

green tea

Question 28

When treating VitD deficiency each ____ IU dose increment should increase 25-HD levels by ___ng/mL

Answer 28

1000 IU, 10 ng/mL

Question 29

Which diet includes 15-20 lbs of organically grown fruits/veg daily that is juiced?

Answer 29

Gerson Therapy diet

Question 30

what alternative diet for cancer treatment involves the use of a vaccine derived from a patient's own blood or urine?

Answer 30

livingston-wheeler

Question 31

____ may block estrogen receptors; with early exposure possible decreasing breast cancer risk

Answer 31

genistein

Question 32

What supplement offers anti-inflammatory effects but may decrease bioavailability of iron?

Answer 32

quercetin

Question 33

what dosage of giner may help with N/V

Answer 33

0.5-1g/day

Question 34

when given with tamoxifen, ______ may improve the anti-cancer response of women with metastatic breast cancer who did not respond to tamoxifen alone

Answer 34

melatonin

Question 35

what may interfere with tamoxifen and can also increase toxicity of doxorubicin and docetaxel?

Answer 35

black cohosh

Question 36

what percentage of pharmaceutical products are derived from plants?

Answer 36

40%

Question 37

a group of gene variants that occur together

Answer 37

haplotype

Question 38

protein intake of up to ___ is associated with reduced frailty

Answer 38

1.2 g/kg/day

Question 39

common nutrition complications for non-hodgkin lymphoma include

Answer 39

metabolic syndrome and hypothyroidism