Quiz: What Is a Relapse or Recurrence?

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1. Q1.What is a relapse or recurrence?

   AWhen cancer comes back after a period when it could not be detectedBWhen cancer is first diagnosedCWhen a tumor is removedDA type of scan

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2. Q2.Why does cancer sometimes come back?

   ABecause a new cancer always formsBBecause a small number of cancer cells survived treatment and later grewCBecause of the weatherDBecause scans cause it

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3. Q3.What is a local recurrence?

   ACancer in a distant organBCancer in another personCCancer that returns at or very near the original siteDA new, unrelated cancer

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4. Q4.Where does a distant recurrence appear?

   AAt the original site onlyBIn nearby lymph nodes onlyCIt does not appear anywhereDIn another part of the body

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5. Q5.If breast cancer returns in the bone, what is it called?

   ABone cancerBStill breast cancerCA new unrelated cancerDA benign tumor

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