SEER Training Modules
11/27/12 - The NCI is working on updating materials.

Quiz: Cancer Diagnosis

Cancers arise in only some of the organs or tissues in the body.
True False
In general, a biopsy is required to establish a definite diagnosis of cancer.
True False
If the histological type is not that which is usually found in the tissue being examined, it means that the patient is cancer-free.
True False
Primary site refers to the body part in which the metastasized cancer cells grow.
True False
An advanced breast cancer that has spread to the bone is considered a bone cancer.
True False
More than one histological type of cell may be found in the same site.
True False
Cancer cells that do not look like their healthy counterparts are called differentiated cells.
True False
Staging is useful to describe how far a cancer has progressed based on the size of the primary tumor and whether and where it has spread.
True False