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Cancer
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cancer stays in one place
Benign
Cancer Cell growth
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
Grade 1
2. Starts in blood forming tissue such as bone marrow
Leukemia
Cancer treatment goals
Benign
Chemotherapy cure
3. Most common cancer in American women -Second leading cause of cancer deaths in America -Bracogene defect
Breast cancer
Chemotherapy control
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
Stage 1 Lymphoma
4. 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
Initiation
Central nervous system cancers
Genetic influences associated with cancer
Angiogenesis
5. Assist with decision making (teaching) -Assess psychosocial status & needs -Assess understanding of intervention -Reinforce info. about procedure - complications. - hospital procedures - & follow-up management -Educate regarding post-op self cares
Risk factors
Radiation External
Pre-op Nursing management
Carcinoma
6. Cells more abnormal - moderately differentiated
Carcinoma
Grade 2
Promotion
Radiation
7. Assist with decision making (teaching) -Assess psychosocial status & needs -Assess understanding of intervention -Reinforce info. about procedure - complications. - hospital procedures - & follow-up management -Educate regarding post-op self cares
Normal cell growth
Pre-op Nursing management
Grade 2
Prognostic factors
8. 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
Cancer Surgery
Kidney failure
Adjuvant
Bio therapy
9. Primary Therapy -Neoadjuvant -Adjuvant (with something) -Prophylaxis -Disease Control -Palliation
Chemotherapy Side Effects
Disease Control
Radiation
Frequency of cancer
10. 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
Risk factors
Radiation External
Histological classification
Tumor-suppressor Genes
11. The ER and PR status of the tumor -The measures of proliferative capacity of the tumor -Her2/neu gene amplification.
Radiation External
The histologic and nuclear grade of the primary tumor
Progression
Leukemia
12. Routine mammography-Digital mammography -Clinical breast examination -Breast self examination
Screening & early detection of Breast cancer
Benign
Risk factors
Tumor Markers
13. The age & menopausal status of patient -The stage of the disease
Prognostic factors
Angiogenesis
Screening & early detection of Breast cancer
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
14. Begin in the tissues of the brain and spinal cord
Central nervous system cancers
Stage 4 Lymphoma
Diagnostic Studies
Chemotherapy
15. Clinical breast exam -Diagnostic mammography -Ultrasound -Biopsy -MRI -PET (look @ metastatic pattern)=
3 ways cancer can spread
Diagnostic Studies
Histological classification
Screening & early detection of Breast cancer
16. Given at the same time b/c different mechanisms of action that lower the amount of drugs given-> decrease toxicity
Multi-agent regimens
Grade 1
Breast cancer
Radiation
17. Tobacco -1/3 of all new cases of cancer are related to nutrition - physical inactivity and obesity -Radiation (~1 billion new cases of basal and squamous cell skin cancer will be diagnosed this year)
Chemotherapy
Preventable causes of cancer
Financial Implications
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
18. 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
Methods of Chemo Administration
Cancer Incidence
Radiation
19. Grade 1-4 - grade by cell when we can't tell where its from
Direct Extension
The histologic and nuclear grade of the primary tumor
Grade 3
Histological classification
20. Cells are immature and primitive - Origin of cells difficult to determine
Methods of Chemo Administration
Staging=
Cancers related to infectious exposure
Grade 4
21. ~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
Smoking related cancers
Cancer Incidence
Cancer Surgery
Adjuvant
22. Burkitt's Lymphoma -Hodgkin's Lymphoma -Testicular cancer
Grade 1
Methods of Chemo Administration
Chemotherapy cure
Frequency of cancer
23. 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
Risk factors
Tumor Markers
Screening & early detection of Breast cancer
Tumor-suppressor Genes
24. Proteins and antigens - Monitor for recurrence
Diagnostic Studies
Prophylaxis
Tumor Markers
Chemotherapy and palliation
25. Stage 1: Early disease - Stage 2: Locally advanced disease - Stage 3: Advanced disease - Stage 4: widespread disease
26. Clinical breast exam -Diagnostic mammography -Ultrasound -Biopsy -MRI -PET (look @ metastatic pattern)=
Carcinoma
Radiation Internal
Carcinoma
Diagnostic Studies
27. Migration and proliferation of endothelial cells
Chemotherapy Side Effects
Extent of disease classification
Angiogenesis
Stage 3 Lymphoma
28. Most common form - Linear accelerator generates ionizing radiation
Radiation External
Breast cancer
3 ways cancer can spread
Methods of Chemo Administration
29. The disease involves lymph nodes both above & below the diaphragm.
Malignant
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
Sarcoma
Stage 3 Lymphoma
30. The disease involves lymph nodes both above & below the diaphragm.
Normal cell growth
Mutation
Stage 3 Lymphoma
3 ways cancer can spread
31. High cost sharing -Caps on benefits -Life time maximums -High health care costs if too sick to work -Waiting periods -Strict restrictions on eligibility -Premiums too expensive to afford. Uninsured and COBRA (makes your insurance go up)
Financial Implications
Preventable causes of cancer
Radiation External
Cancer Cell growth
32. Inappropriately active versions of proto-oncogens (normal genes before mutation) code for proteins that induce malignant growth by turning on cell division (growth factors)
Multi-agent regimens
Growth factors
Bladder Cancer
Oncogenes
33. Mutation - Oncogenes - Tumor suppressor genes
Genetic influences associated with cancer
Grade 4
Financial Implications
Central nervous system cancers
34. Begin in the cells of the immune system
Promotion
Lymphoma and Myeloma
Normal cell growth
Histological classification
35. Depending upon site -skin: dry - itchy - red and irritated - desquamation (skin peeling) -Heart -Bowel & bladder -skin erythema -hyper pigmentation -Itching -Fatigue -Dry or moist desquamation -Edema -Loss of sensation -Pain
Radiation side effects
Carcinoma
Genetic influences associated with cancer
Oncogenes
36. Intravenous -Intraarterial -Intrapeitoneal -Intrathecal:into spinal canal -Intravesical Bladder -Oral
Preventable causes of cancer
Histological classification
Methods of Chemo Administration
Chemotherapy Side Effects
37. Brachytherapy -Sources are placed directly into tumor or in close proximity (e.g. lung - cervical - prostate)
Radiation Internal
Breast cancer
Disease Control
Diagnostic Studies
38. Primary Therapy -Neoadjuvant -Adjuvant (with something) -Prophylaxis -Disease Control -Palliation
Radiation
The histologic and nuclear grade of the primary tumor
Bladder Cancer
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
39. Cells are very abnormal - Moderately differentiated
Grade 3
Chemotherapy and palliation
Lydomyte
Smoking related cancers
40. To prevent future development in high risk areas
Initiation
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
Preventable causes of cancer
Prophylaxis
41. The cancer is found only in a single lymph node region or one organ or area outside the lymph node
Preventable causes of cancer
Stage 4 Lymphoma
Stage 1 Lymphoma
Stages of Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)
42. The ER and PR status of the tumor -The measures of proliferative capacity of the tumor -Her2/neu gene amplification.
The histologic and nuclear grade of the primary tumor
Lydomyte
Central nervous system cancers
Histological Characteristic
43. 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.
Prognostic factors
Bio therapies
Cancer Surgery
Stage 4 Lymphoma
44. Different drugs to affect periods of cell cycle
Grade 1
Methods of Chemo Administration
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
Sarcoma
45. Begins in bone - cartilage - fat - muscle - blood vessels - or other connective or supportive tissue
Malignant
Sarcoma
Adjuvant
Tumor Markers
46. 66%
Stage 1 Lymphoma
Direct Extension
Grade 1
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
47. -Defect in differentiation-Secrete enzyme to dissolve binding protein fibronectin- no cell surface adherence -Loss of ability to stop dividing- uncontrolled proliferation-Doubling time (exponential growth)-Loss of cell borders -ability to form new bl
Normal cell growth
Cancer Cell growth
Chemotherapy control
Kidney failure
48. Based on spread of disease staging -Tumor Node Metastasis classification system -Stage 0-4
Adjuvant
Adjuvant
Extent of disease classification
Cancer Incidence
49. 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 and cell cycle
Kidney failure
Chemotherapy
Histological Characteristic
50. Cells differ slightly from normal cells
Radiation side effects
Grade 1
Pre-op Nursing management
Cancers related to infectious exposure