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Cancer
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Strictly regulated -Predetermined to differentiate into specific cell type -Controlled cell death (apoptosis) & proliferation -Contact inhibition -Cell surface adherence-Inability to wander
Leukemia
Sarcoma
Normal cell growth
Initiation
2. Advanced age -Benign proliferate disease -Reproductive risk factors -Environmental (radiation & pestisides) -Hormonal factors (oral contraceptives)-Energy expenditure (weight gain - lack of physical activity)-Dietary risk factor: high fat intake & a
Nursing management
Stage 2 Lymphoma
Risk factors
Chemotherapy and palliation
3. Brachytherapy -Sources are placed directly into tumor or in close proximity (e.g. lung - cervical - prostate)
Radiation
Tumor Markers
Radiation Internal
Preventable causes of cancer
4. The use of cytotoxic drugs to destroy cancer cells -Multi-agent regimens superior to single drug administration -Can be used pre-op -Mainstay of therapy
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy control
Staging=
Chemotherapy Side Effects
5. Cancer stays in one place
Bio therapy
Promotion
Benign
Multi-agent regimens
6. Used in Prevention - determine the diagnostic and treatment plan (clinical staging) - Cure and or control of cancer - Supportive care - Rehabilitation - Palliation of symptoms - Diagnosis (biopsy)
Cancer Cell growth
Grade 2
Angiogenesis
Cancer Surgery
7. Cells differ slightly from normal cells
Tumor Markers
Grade 1
Metastasis
Smoking related cancers
8. Code for proteins to turn off cell growth - loss of function - Recessive
Lymphoma and Myeloma
Histological classification
Preventable causes of cancer
Tumor-suppressor Genes
9. Stage 1: Early disease - Stage 2: Locally advanced disease - Stage 3: Advanced disease - Stage 4: widespread disease
10. Different drugs to affect periods of cell cycle
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
Normal cell growth
Prognostic factors
Arrest
11. Major cause is smoking
Bladder Cancer
Histological Characteristic
Extent of disease classification
Histological Characteristic
12. The cancer is found in two or more lymph node regions on one side of the diaphram
Stage 2 Lymphoma
Tumor-suppressor Genes
Grade 2
Metastasis
13. Extent of disease
Staging=
Direct Extension
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
Women's #1 cancer
14. The cancer is found only in a single lymph node region or one organ or area outside the lymph node
Direct Extension
Stage 1 Lymphoma
Leukemia
Central nervous system cancers
15. Relieve pain - Relieve obstruction
What is Cancer?
Grade 1
Women's #1 cancer
Chemotherapy and palliation
16. Secondary effect of an agent -alone may not be able to induce malignancy -some initiators may act as own promoters (cigarette tars) -activities of promoters is reversible
Promotion
Radiation External
Smoking related cancers
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
17. ~1 -368 -030 new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed this year~ 563 -650 Americans are expected to die of cancer this year ~ 9.6 million Americans with a history of cancer are alive today
Grade 3
Preventable causes of cancer
Cancer Incidence
3 ways cancer can spread
18. The lymphoma has advanced beyond the lymph nodes and spleen and has spread to one or more organs such as bone - bone marrow skin or liver.
Multi-agent regimens
Benign
Stage 4 Lymphoma
Immunogenicity
19. The disease involves lymph nodes both above & below the diaphragm.
Bio therapies
Promotion
Stage 3 Lymphoma
Disease Control
20. Begin in the cells of the immune system
Cancer treatment goals
Lymphoma and Myeloma
Cancer treatment goals
Diagnostic Studies
21. The age & menopausal status of patient -The stage of the disease
Cancer Cell growth
Cancer treatments
Bio therapy
Prognostic factors
22. Immediate post-Op assessments and cares (per hospital policy) -Pain management -Monitor for complications (e.g. infection) -Reinforce post-op self-cares (tubes - site - etc)-Assess psychosocial response -Assess for body image fears
Kidney failure
Post-op Management
Diagnostic Studies
Cancers related to infectious exposure
23. 66%
Promotion
Preventable causes of cancer
Grade 4
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
24. Fibrin mesh work protection from host's immune cells
Metastasis
Arrest
Metastasis
Promotion
25. 1.Breast 2.Prostate 3.Lung 4.Colon 5.UNK PRIM 6.Stomach 7.Rectum 8.pancreas 9.Bladder 10.Lymphoma 11.All other
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
Adjuvant
Chemotherapy control
Frequency of cancer
26. Intravenous -Intraarterial -Intrapeitoneal -Intrathecal:into spinal canal -Intravesical Bladder -Oral
Direct Extension
Kidney failure
Grade 3
Methods of Chemo Administration
27. Limit Growth
Staging=
Cancer treatments
Angiogenesis
Disease Control
28. Breast cancer
29. Cells more abnormal - moderately differentiated
Leukemia
Grade 2
Direct Extension
Tumor-suppressor Genes
30. Mimic body's immune system
Bio therapies
Breast cancer
Lydomyte
Chemotherapy control
31. Routine mammography-Digital mammography -Clinical breast examination -Breast self examination
Promotion
Stage 4 Lymphoma
Screening & early detection of Breast cancer
Grade 4
32. Major cause is smoking
Stage 1 Lymphoma
Grade 2
Stages of Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)
Bladder Cancer
33. What cell is is? - How agressive?
Histological Characteristic
Stage 3 Lymphoma
What is Cancer?
3 ways cancer can spread
34. A group of more than 200 diseases characterized by the uncontrolled and unregulated growth of cells -caused by both external and internal factors -second leading cause of death in U.S.
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
What is Cancer?
Post-op Management
Direct Extension
35. Cancer cells that go to other parts of the body
Stage 1 Lymphoma
Tumor Markers
Financial Implications
Malignant
36. Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)-> Cervical cancer Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)-> Liver cancer HIV->Capoze's sarcomaEbstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-> Perkins (rare) lymphoma
Central nervous system cancers
Progression
Cancers related to infectious exposure
Radiation side effects
37. Interluken vaccines-> pumping body full of what you normally produce -When stopping this therapy monitor for normal body functioning and antibiotics to resume could take some time
Bio therapy
Preventable causes of cancer
Chemotherapy Side Effects
Multi-agent regimens
38. Post surgery or chemotherapy - Goal to reduce risk of local recurrence
Prognostic factors
Preventable causes of cancer
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
Adjuvant
39. Cancer stays in one place
Bio therapy
What is Cancer?
Carcinoma
Benign
40. Polypeptides that influence cell growth
Bio therapy
Radiation External
Growth factors
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
41. The disease involves lymph nodes both above & below the diaphragm.
Lymphoma and Myeloma
Bladder Cancer
Histological Characteristic
Stage 3 Lymphoma
42. Fibrin mesh work protection from host's immune cells
Stage 3 Lymphoma
Arrest
Post-op Management
Initiation
43. Proteins and antigens - Monitor for recurrence
Tumor Markers
Women's #1 cancer
Sarcoma
Bio therapy
44. The cancer is found in two or more lymph node regions on one side of the diaphram
Sarcoma
Stage 2 Lymphoma
The histologic and nuclear grade of the primary tumor
Central nervous system cancers
45. Cure - Control - palliation (pain relive)
Methods of Chemo Administration
Cancer treatment goals
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
Oncogenes
46. Lung - Lyrnyx - Esophagus - pancreas - mouth - stomach - leukemia - bladder - kidney - cervix
Smoking related cancers
Sarcoma
Chemotherapy cure
Direct Extension
47. Inappropriately active versions of proto-oncogens (normal genes before mutation) code for proteins that induce malignant growth by turning on cell division (growth factors)
Histological classification
Bio therapy
Oncogenes
Lydomyte
48. Limit Growth
Cancer Cell growth
Initiation
Disease Control
Cancer Surgery
49. 1st to occur because heart and brain are very important organs
Pre-op Nursing management
Grading=
Kidney failure
Initiation
50. Distinguishing the mutant cell (appearance & differentiation) aka histology
3 ways cancer can spread
Grading=
Grade 4
Staging=