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Cancer
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To prevent future development in high risk areas
Grade 4
Prophylaxis
Neoadjuvant
Lydomyte
2. Begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs
Cancer Surgery
Carcinoma
Stages of Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)
Pre-op Nursing management
3. Medication that caused birth defects by cutting off blood supply - now trying to use it to cut off angiogenesis
Arrest
Lydomyte
Chemotherapy cure
Financial Implications
4. 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)
Normal cell growth
Financial Implications
Histological classification
Preventable causes of cancer
5. Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)-> Cervical cancer Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)-> Liver cancer HIV->Capoze's sarcomaEbstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-> Perkins (rare) lymphoma
Stage 3 Lymphoma
Cancers related to infectious exposure
Prognostic factors
Radiation
6. Distinguishing the mutant cell (appearance & differentiation) aka histology
Risk factors
Cancer Cell growth
Multi-agent regimens
Grading=
7. Blood - Lymph - Direct extension
Prognostic factors
3 ways cancer can spread
Grading=
Grade 3
8. What cell is is? - How agressive?
Histological Characteristic
Grading=
Benign
Progression
9. Breast cancer
10. Different drugs to affect periods of cell cycle
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
Initiation
Angiogenesis
Stage 1 Lymphoma
11. Lung - Lyrnyx - Esophagus - pancreas - mouth - stomach - leukemia - bladder - kidney - cervix
Radiation
Smoking related cancers
Stages of Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)
Stage 1 Lymphoma
12. A permanent change in a DNA nucleotide sequence can be spontaneously or caused by mutagens
Post-op Management
Radiation Internal
Progression
Mutation
13. Major cause is smoking
Bladder Cancer
Metastasis
Breast cancer
Cancer Cell growth
14. Tumor cell to elicit and immune response
Radiation
Smoking related cancers
Benign
Immunogenicity
15. The disease involves lymph nodes both above & below the diaphragm.
Stage 3 Lymphoma
Chemotherapy Side Effects
Bio therapy
Histological classification
16. Strictly regulated -Predetermined to differentiate into specific cell type -Controlled cell death (apoptosis) & proliferation -Contact inhibition -Cell surface adherence-Inability to wander
Nursing management
Screening & early detection of Breast cancer
Normal cell growth
Staging=
17. 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
Malignant
Radiation side effects
Cancers related to infectious exposure
Grading=
18. Exposure->mutation - Initiation - Promotion - Progression & metastasis
Radiation Internal
Normal cell growth
Direct Extension
Carcinogenesis (3 stages)
19. Code for proteins to turn off cell growth - loss of function - Recessive
3 ways cancer can spread
Tumor-suppressor Genes
Preventable causes of cancer
Leukemia
20. Cancer stays in one place
Pre-op Nursing management
Chemotherapy control
Progression
Benign
21. Routine mammography-Digital mammography -Clinical breast examination -Breast self examination
Screening & early detection of Breast cancer
Pre-op Nursing management
Progression
Histological analysis classification
22. -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
Cancer Cell growth
Angiogenesis
Grade 3
Multi-agent regimens
23. Mutation - Oncogenes - Tumor suppressor genes
Nursing management
Direct Extension
Smoking related cancers
Genetic influences associated with cancer
24. Relieve pain - Relieve obstruction
Chemotherapy cure
Chemotherapy and palliation
Radiation External
Prognostic factors
25. Based on spread of disease staging -Tumor Node Metastasis classification system -Stage 0-4
Preventable causes of cancer
Extent of disease classification
Mutation
Cancer Surgery
26. Migration and proliferation of endothelial cells
Angiogenesis
Mutation
Risk factors
Kidney failure
27. 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
Cancer Surgery
Cancer treatments
Post-op Management
Promotion
28. Given at the same time b/c different mechanisms of action that lower the amount of drugs given-> decrease toxicity
Multi-agent regimens
Disease Control
Extent of disease classification
Growth factors
29. Medication that caused birth defects by cutting off blood supply - now trying to use it to cut off angiogenesis
Multi-agent regimens
Bio therapy
Lydomyte
Initiation
30. Cure - Control - palliation (pain relive)
Cancer treatment goals
Genetic influences associated with cancer
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
Growth factors
31. Most common cancer in American women -Second leading cause of cancer deaths in America -Bracogene defect
Growth factors
Adjuvant
Methods of Chemo Administration
Breast cancer
32. Exposure->mutation - Initiation - Promotion - Progression & metastasis
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
Post-op Management
Carcinogenesis (3 stages)
Immunogenicity
33. Breast cancer - non-hodgkin's lymphoma
Stage 3 Lymphoma
Disease Control
Prophylaxis
Chemotherapy control
34. Starts in blood forming tissue such as bone marrow
Stage 1 Lymphoma
Lydomyte
Leukemia
Financial Implications
35. Mimic body's immune system
Grade 4
Lymphoma and Myeloma
Bio therapies
Genetic influences associated with cancer
36. The age & menopausal status of patient -The stage of the disease
Radiation
Oncogenes
Sarcoma
Prognostic factors
37. Code for proteins to turn off cell growth - loss of function - Recessive
Arrest
Metastasis
What is Cancer?
Tumor-suppressor Genes
38. Stage 1: Early disease - Stage 2: Locally advanced disease - Stage 3: Advanced disease - Stage 4: widespread disease
39. Proteins and antigens - Monitor for recurrence
Arrest
Tumor Markers
Carcinoma
Radiation side effects
40. 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
Cancer Cell growth
Chemotherapy Side Effects
Grade 3
Staging=
41. Given at the same time b/c different mechanisms of action that lower the amount of drugs given-> decrease toxicity
Carcinogenesis (3 stages)
Multi-agent regimens
Tumor-suppressor Genes
Screening & early detection of Breast cancer
42. Surgery - Radiation - Chemotherapy - Biotherapy - Hormonal therapy
Angiogenesis
Bio therapies
Chemotherapy
Cancer treatments
43. 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
Grade 2
Grading=
Bladder Cancer
44. Most common form - Linear accelerator generates ionizing radiation
Grade 3
Radiation External
Frequency of cancer
Prophylaxis
45. To prevent future development in high risk areas
Prophylaxis
Bladder Cancer
Radiation
Bio therapy
46. Mutation - Oncogenes - Tumor suppressor genes
Post-op Management
Genetic influences associated with cancer
Direct Extension
Promotion
47. Cells differ slightly from normal cells
Grade 1
Extent of disease classification
Lymphoma and Myeloma
Multi-agent regimens
48. 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
Promotion
Grading=
Initiation
Post-op Management
49. Limit Growth
Histological classification
Cancer treatments
Disease Control
Diagnostic Studies
50. Distinguishing the mutant cell (appearance & differentiation) aka histology
What is Cancer?
Extent of disease classification
Grading=
Grade 2