SMJ CME January 2012: Set A

Singapore Medical Journal

 

Instructions :

1) Please read this article : Singapore cancer trends in the last decade

2) Answer the questions below. Fill in your full name, email address and MCR No.

3) Click on "submit answers" to send your answers to the SMJ editorial office.

4) Deadline for submission (January 2012 SMJ 3B CME programme) is 07 February 2012, 12 noon.

Results :

Answers will be published in the SMJ March 2012 issue.

The MCR numbers of successful candidates will be posted online at www.sma.org.sg/cme/smj by 14 February 2012.

All online submissions will receive an automatic email acknowledgment.

Passing mark is 60%. No mark will be deducted for incorrect answers.

One CME point is awarded to successful candidates.

The SMJ editorial office will submit the list of successful candidates to the Singapore Medical Council. You may log in at the SMC-CME website www.smc.gov.sg to verify your points. If you experience login problems at the SMC-CME website, please contact SMC at email: MOH_SMC@moh.gov.sg .


Link to CME article:

Singapore cancer trends in the last decade

Question 1. What measure(s) has/have been used to describe cancer trends?

(a) Incidence.
(b) Mortality.
(c) Survival.
(d) Prevalence.


Question 2. What are the most frequent newly diagnosed cancers among Singapore males in 2005–2009?

(a) Cancers of the lung, colon-rectum and liver.
(b) Cancers of the lung, colon-rectum and prostate.
(c) Cancers of the lung, liver and nasopharynx.
(d) Cancers of the colon-rectum, lung and stomach.


Question 3. What is the age-standardised incidence rate of breast cancer among Singapore females in 2005–2009?

(a) 60.0 per 10,000 person-years.
(b) 60.0.
(c) 60.0 per 100,000 person-years.
(d) 60.0 per 1,000,000 person-years.


Question 4. What is the cancer that has progressively risen in ranks to become one of the top five most common cancers among Singapore women in 2003–2007?

(a) Cervical.
(b) Colon-rectum.
(c) Breast.
(d) Uterine.


Question 5. What is the five-year age-standardised relative survival ratio for breast cancer in 2003–2007?

(a) 76.4 per 10,000 person-years.
(b) 76.4 per 100,000 person-years.
(c) 76.4 per 1,000,000 person-years.
(d) 76.4%.

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