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Question - Managerial accounting In periods of trade depression, the organisation cannot afford to have losses which pass unchecked. The management must know the areas where economies may be sought, waste eliminated and efficiency increased. The organisation has to wage a war not only for its survival but also continued growth. The management should know the actual cost of their products before embarking on any scheme of price reduction. Adequate system of costing facilitates this.

1. What is the meaning of 'opsoclonus' and does it always indicate malignancy?

2. Does a greatly elevated lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) denote malignancy?

3. Does a normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) exclude malignancy in a patient complaining of feeling easily fatigued?

4. Why is folic acid supplementation given just after the day of methotrexate administration? Can we give them simultaneously on the same day?

5. Is hydroxyurea useful in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia?

6. What is the treatment of choice of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma? Is the eradication of Helicobacter pylori enough? Does the positivity of CD2 rule out MALT lymphoma?

7. Stage IIE Hodgkin's lymphoma is the 'involvement of one or more lymph node regions plus an extralymphatic site' and that stage IV is the 'involvement of one or more extralymphatic organs with or without lymph node involvement'. What is the difference? Is 'site' different from 'organ' and, if so, what is 'site'?

8. 1. What is Hodgkin's lymphoma? 2. What is the difference between Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma?

9. Why is serum calcium elevated in patients suffering from lymphoma?

10. In a patient with suspected multiple myeloma, with pains in the back ribs, is the skull still the most sensitive site to observe bony lesions?