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Quiz for Overview and Surgery
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Choose the one best answer for each of the following:
9. Excisional surgeries such as laryngectomy, pharyngectomy, and parathyroidectomy, are named for
A. the tools used during the operation.
B. the area of the body that is being excised.
C. the doctors who invented them or first performed them.
D. the organs or structures that are preserved during excision.
10. Reconstructive surgeries are performed to
A. repair the damage caused by the cancer or defect caused by the curative surgery.
B. alleviate pain or discomfort after curative surgery.
C. increase the probability of curing the cancer by removing a large amount of normal tissue.
D. destroy cancer cells that re-appear after a disease-free interval.