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A 20-year-old has been diagnosed with an astrocytic brain tumor located in the brain stem. Which of the following statements by the oncologist treating the client is most accurate?
 
  A)
  Your prognosis will depend on whether we can surgically resect your tumor.
  B)
  Our treatment plan will depend on whether your tumor is malignant or benign.
  C)
  This is likely a result of a combination of heredity and lifestyle.
  D)
  The major risk that you face is metastases to your lungs, liver, or bones.

Question 2

A 25-year-old woman who works as an air-traffic controller presents with facial pain and severe headache.
 
  She reports that she sometimes feels the pain in her neck or ear and that it is particularly bad during very busy times at the airport. What is the most likely diagnosis?
  A)
  Migraine headache
  B)
  Cluster headache
  C)
  Temporomandibular joint syndrome
  D)
  Sinus headache



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Answer to Question 1

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The prognosis of people with pilocytic astrocytomas is influenced primarily by their location. The prognosis is usually better for people with surgically resectable tumors, such as those located in the cerebellar cortex, than for people with less accessible tumors, such as those involving the hypothalamus or brain stem. Because of infiltration of brain tissue that prevents total resection, surgery rarely cures brain tumors. The binary of malignant and benign is not used to characterize brain tumors, and the etiology and substantive risk factors are largely unknown. Brain tumors rarely metastasize outside the CNS.

Answer to Question 2

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C

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Temporomandibular joint syndrome causes pain that originates in the temporomandibular joint and is usually referred to the face, neck, or ear. Headache is also common. It is aggravated by jaw function and can be particularly severe in people under stress, especially if they grind their teeth.




tfester

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Reply 2 on: Jun 25, 2018
Wow, this really help


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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