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Cancer
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health-sciences
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Mimic body's immune system
Bio therapies
What is Cancer?
Adjuvant
Post-op Management
2. Lung - Lyrnyx - Esophagus - pancreas - mouth - stomach - leukemia - bladder - kidney - cervix
Cancer Surgery
Radiation
Smoking related cancers
Cancer Incidence
3. 1.Breast 2.Prostate 3.Lung 4.Colon 5.UNK PRIM 6.Stomach 7.Rectum 8.pancreas 9.Bladder 10.Lymphoma 11.All other
Grade 4
Frequency of cancer
Radiation side effects
Cancer treatments
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
Bio therapy
Chemotherapy
Metastasis
Methods of Chemo Administration
5. Intravenous -Intraarterial -Intrapeitoneal -Intrathecal:into spinal canal -Intravesical Bladder -Oral
Lydomyte
Methods of Chemo Administration
Smoking related cancers
Grading=
6. Mimic body's immune system
Bio therapies
Immunogenicity
Oncogenes
Screening & early detection of Breast cancer
7. Education related to treatment & side effects -Ongoing skin assessment-Management of skin irritations -Assessment for fatigue- most common and disabling side effect -Education about fatigue management -rest periods-mild exercise -Emotional support du
Chemotherapy control
Nursing management
Bladder Cancer
Breast cancer
8. Distinguishing the mutant cell (appearance & differentiation) aka histology
Cancer Cell growth
Stages of Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)
Grading=
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
9. Post surgery or chemotherapy - Goal to reduce risk of local recurrence
Adjuvant
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
Carcinoma
The histologic and nuclear grade of the primary tumor
10. The disease involves lymph nodes both above & below the diaphragm.
Cancer treatment goals
Women's #1 cancer
Stage 3 Lymphoma
Extent of disease classification
11. Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)-> Cervical cancer Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)-> Liver cancer HIV->Capoze's sarcomaEbstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-> Perkins (rare) lymphoma
Tumor Markers
Cancers related to infectious exposure
Tumor-suppressor Genes
Cancer treatment goals
12. Clinical breast exam -Diagnostic mammography -Ultrasound -Biopsy -MRI -PET (look @ metastatic pattern)=
Staging=
Financial Implications
Diagnostic Studies
Bladder Cancer
13. Breast cancer - non-hodgkin's lymphoma
Chemotherapy control
Lydomyte
Staging=
Grade 3
14. The ER and PR status of the tumor -The measures of proliferative capacity of the tumor -Her2/neu gene amplification.
Radiation Internal
The histologic and nuclear grade of the primary tumor
Stage 3 Lymphoma
Cancers related to infectious exposure
15. Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)-> Cervical cancer Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)-> Liver cancer HIV->Capoze's sarcomaEbstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-> Perkins (rare) lymphoma
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
Cancers related to infectious exposure
Initiation
Chemotherapy cure
16. Extent of disease
Staging=
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
Carcinoma
Chemotherapy cure
17. Burkitt's Lymphoma -Hodgkin's Lymphoma -Testicular cancer
Chemotherapy cure
Grading=
Financial Implications
Methods of Chemo Administration
18. Cells differ slightly from normal cells
Central nervous system cancers
Grade 1
Malignant
Kidney failure
19. Brachytherapy -Sources are placed directly into tumor or in close proximity (e.g. lung - cervical - prostate)
Radiation Internal
Radiation
Oncogenes
Cancer treatments
20. 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
Post-op Management
Tumor-suppressor Genes
Grading=
Radiation side effects
21. Routine mammography-Digital mammography -Clinical breast examination -Breast self examination
Lydomyte
Screening & early detection of Breast cancer
Stages of Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)
Carcinogenesis (3 stages)
22. Intravenous -Intraarterial -Intrapeitoneal -Intrathecal:into spinal canal -Intravesical Bladder -Oral
Chemotherapy cure
Cancer Cell growth
Financial Implications
Methods of Chemo Administration
23. Primary Therapy -Neoadjuvant -Adjuvant (with something) -Prophylaxis -Disease Control -Palliation
Adjuvant
Radiation
Kidney failure
Methods of Chemo Administration
24. Different drugs to affect periods of cell cycle
Methods of Chemo Administration
Cancer Surgery
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
What is Cancer?
25. 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
Oncogenes
Benign
Methods of Chemo Administration
Chemotherapy
26. Begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs
Carcinoma
Oncogenes
Grade 4
Cancer Cell growth
27. Primary Therapy -Neoadjuvant -Adjuvant (with something) -Prophylaxis -Disease Control -Palliation
Radiation
Cancer Surgery
Radiation External
Lydomyte
28. Begin in the tissues of the brain and spinal cord
Central nervous system cancers
Grade 1
Chemotherapy
Normal cell growth
29. Nausea & Vomiting -Bone marrow suppression -Alopecia: Hair loss -Weight gain or loss -Anorexia -Fatigue -Decline in functional status -Mucositis-'chemo' brain: foggyness that happens post chemo
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy Side Effects
Immunogenicity
Risk factors
30. The cancer is found in two or more lymph node regions on one side of the diaphram
Direct Extension
Stage 2 Lymphoma
Genetic influences associated with cancer
Normal cell growth
31. Polypeptides that influence cell growth
Screening & early detection of Breast cancer
Cancer Cell growth
Growth factors
Stage 2 Lymphoma
32. Cells more abnormal - moderately differentiated
Grading=
Extent of disease classification
Grade 2
3 ways cancer can spread
33. Spread of cancer to other organs. Eg:- in colon ->muscularis-> into ovaries
Preventable causes of cancer
Diagnostic Studies
Direct Extension
Staging=
34. Cancer cells that go to other parts of the body
Malignant
Chemotherapy
Pre-op Nursing management
Stages of Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)
35. Grade 1-4 - grade by cell when we can't tell where its from
Histological analysis classification
Bladder Cancer
Histological classification
Neoadjuvant
36. Tumor cell to elicit and immune response
Immunogenicity
Growth factors
Angiogenesis
Lymphoma and Myeloma
37. 1st to occur because heart and brain are very important organs
Carcinogenesis (3 stages)
Grading=
Kidney failure
Chemotherapy Side Effects
38. 66%
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
Leukemia
Stage 3 Lymphoma
The histologic and nuclear grade of the primary tumor
39. Brachytherapy -Sources are placed directly into tumor or in close proximity (e.g. lung - cervical - prostate)
Stages of Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)
Radiation Internal
Preventable causes of cancer
Grade 4
40. Cancer stays in one place
Mutation
Benign
Stage 3 Lymphoma
Grade 3
41. Most common form - Linear accelerator generates ionizing radiation
Radiation External
Stage 4 Lymphoma
Stages of Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)
Cancer Cell growth
42. 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.
Staging=
What is Cancer?
Genetic influences associated with cancer
Mutation
43. Limit Growth
Disease Control
Frequency of cancer
Radiation
Lydomyte
44. 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
Normal cell growth
Extent of disease classification
Radiation Internal
45. Cancer cells that go to other parts of the body
Malignant
Prognostic factors
Stages of Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)
Chemotherapy
46. Cells are very abnormal - Moderately differentiated
Tumor-suppressor Genes
Grade 1
Grade 3
What is Cancer?
47. Nausea & Vomiting -Bone marrow suppression -Alopecia: Hair loss -Weight gain or loss -Anorexia -Fatigue -Decline in functional status -Mucositis-'chemo' brain: foggyness that happens post chemo
Chemotherapy and palliation
The histologic and nuclear grade of the primary tumor
Chemotherapy Side Effects
Stage 4 Lymphoma
48. Malignant transformation causing mutation of DNA Can be caused by: -Inherited mutation during DNA replication -Exposure to chemical - radiation - or virus (Carcinogens) -Cancer related genes
Frequency of cancer
Initiation
Progression
Chemotherapy and palliation
49. Burkitt's Lymphoma -Hodgkin's Lymphoma -Testicular cancer
Initiation
Chemotherapy cure
Risk factors
Preventable causes of cancer
50. Medication that caused birth defects by cutting off blood supply - now trying to use it to cut off angiogenesis
Chemotherapy cure
Histological Characteristic
Lydomyte
Grade 4