Which of the following malignant tumors has a 5-year patient survival rate of less than 10% with current therapy?
A. papillary carcinoma of the thyroid
B. basal cell carcinoma of the skin
C. Hodgkin's disease
D. seminoma of the testis
E. adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
E
Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas is almost invariably lethal and only 5% of all patients survive for 5 years. Seventy percent or more of patients who have the other four tumors listed here survive more than 5 years with modern therapy.
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Label the internal structures of the kidney.
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A) femoral B) pelvic C) popliteal D) renal
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