All of the following are advantages of using proton beam radiation as a form of local therapy, EXCEPT:

The cancer prevention measure that would have the largest impact in reducing cancer worldwide is smoking cessation.

The predictive value of (confidence in) a diagnostic test is increased as the number of false results produced by the test is decreased.

All of the following phenomena occur in malignant neoplasms EXCEPT:

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans can detect variations in the glucose metabolism of a cancer as well as its size and shape.

All of the following statements about chemotherapy are true EXCEPT:

Principles of cancer surgery with curative intent include all of the following EXCEPT:

Cells that are not in the cell cycle (that is, in G0 phase) are less sensitive to radiation, and therefore more difficult to treat.

The regeneration of surviving cells, which makes tumors more resistant to successful treatment, describes which of the “4Rs” of response to radiation therapy?

The worldwide incidence (number of new cases in the population) of cancer is projected to decline over the next 15 years.