Cancer Health Quiz: Immunotherapy Quiz

Immunotherapy Quiz

Find out how much you know about this new approach to cancer treatment.
1) How does immunotherapy for cancer work?

By directly attacking cancer cellsBy helping the immune system recognize and fight cancerBy killing all fast-growing cells
Answer: Immunotherapy boosts the immune system's ability to recognize and attack cancer cells.
2) What types of cells are most active in fighting cancer?

B cellsT cellsRed blood cells
Answer: T cells are the main soldiers of the immune system.
3) Cancer can sometimes turn off natural immune responses against it.

TrueFalse
Answer: True. Some tumors can hijack immune system regulation processes to turn off responses.
4) Which of the following are examples of immunotherapy?

Checkpoint inhibitorsTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesCAR-T therapyAll of the above
Answer: All of the above are types of immunotherapy
5) Immune checkpoint inhibitors work by restoring T-cell activity.

TrueFalse
Answer: True. Checkpoint inhibitors release the brakes on the immune system.
6) Which of the following cancers do not respond well to checkpoint inhibitors?

Breast cancerLung cancerMelanomaAll of the above
Answer: Checkpoint inhibitors do not work well against breast cancer. They are approved for melanoma and lung cancer.
7) CAR-T therapy reprograms a patient's T cells to fight cancer.

TrueFalse
Answer: True. This treatment inserts an artificial receptor into T cells that helps them recognize cancer cells.
8) Which of the following cancers respond well to CAR-T therapy

Lung cancerProstate cancerBlood cancersAll of the above
Answer: CAR-T therapy works against blood cancers like leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma.
9) Can doctors easily predict who will respond well to immunotherapy?

YesNo
Answer: No. Some biomarkers are associated with better response but don't predict how well an individual patient will respond.
10) Which of the following can be side effects of immunotherapy?

Flu-like symptomsInfectionsLow blood pressureBrain swellingAll of the above
Answer: All of the above. Immunotherapy can lead to an excessive immune response that harms healthy tissue.
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