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Cancer
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Carcinogenesis (3 stages)
Radiation Internal
Bio therapy
Stage 2 Lymphoma
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
Neoadjuvant
Arrest
Screening & early detection of Breast cancer
Risk factors
3. The cancer is found in two or more lymph node regions on one side of the diaphram
Normal cell growth
3 ways cancer can spread
Stage 2 Lymphoma
Angiogenesis
4. Cells are immature and primitive - Origin of cells difficult to determine
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
Progression
Cancer Incidence
Grade 4
5. Strictly regulated -Predetermined to differentiate into specific cell type -Controlled cell death (apoptosis) & proliferation -Contact inhibition -Cell surface adherence-Inability to wander
Grade 3
Grade 4
Financial Implications
Normal cell growth
6. Appearance & degree of differentiation - Grading-> GX-G4
Normal cell growth
Initiation
Histological analysis classification
Women's #1 cancer
7. Blood - Lymph - Direct extension
Neoadjuvant
Malignant
3 ways cancer can spread
Cancer Surgery
8. 1.Breast 2.Prostate 3.Lung 4.Colon 5.UNK PRIM 6.Stomach 7.Rectum 8.pancreas 9.Bladder 10.Lymphoma 11.All other
Malignant
Stage 1 Lymphoma
Frequency of cancer
Grade 4
9. Spread of cancer from an initial site -Includes: angiogenesis - Invasion - Transport - Immunogenicity - arrest - Establishment of a secondary tumor
Metastasis
Grade 4
Disease Control
Initiation
10. Post surgery or chemotherapy - Goal to reduce risk of local recurrence
Post-op Management
Tumor-suppressor Genes
Radiation side effects
Adjuvant
11. Mutation - Oncogenes - Tumor suppressor genes
Genetic influences associated with cancer
Grade 2
Initiation
Bio therapies
12. Mimic body's immune system
Progression
Bio therapies
Tumor Markers
Histological classification
13. Spread of cancer from an initial site -Includes: angiogenesis - Invasion - Transport - Immunogenicity - arrest - Establishment of a secondary tumor
Cancer Cell growth
Initiation
Stage 1 Lymphoma
Metastasis
14. Begins in bone - cartilage - fat - muscle - blood vessels - or other connective or supportive tissue
Angiogenesis
Pre-op Nursing management
Sarcoma
Chemotherapy cure
15. Starts in blood forming tissue such as bone marrow
Leukemia
Normal cell growth
Stage 2 Lymphoma
Angiogenesis
16. Cancer cells that go to other parts of the body
Growth factors
Malignant
Kidney failure
Extent of disease classification
17. The cancer is found only in a single lymph node region or one organ or area outside the lymph node
Stage 1 Lymphoma
3 ways cancer can spread
Financial Implications
Histological Characteristic
18. Spread of cancer to other organs. Eg:- in colon ->muscularis-> into ovaries
Grade 4
Direct Extension
Radiation Internal
Breast cancer
19. Mutation - Oncogenes - Tumor suppressor genes
Bio therapies
Genetic influences associated with cancer
Smoking related cancers
Radiation External
20. Most common form - Linear accelerator generates ionizing radiation
Pre-op Nursing management
Central nervous system cancers
Chemotherapy
Radiation External
21. Fibrin mesh work protection from host's immune cells
Staging=
Cancer Incidence
Arrest
Grade 1
22. Relieve pain - Relieve obstruction
Cancer treatment goals
Chemotherapy and palliation
Bladder Cancer
Women's #1 cancer
23. 1.Breast 2.Prostate 3.Lung 4.Colon 5.UNK PRIM 6.Stomach 7.Rectum 8.pancreas 9.Bladder 10.Lymphoma 11.All other
Smoking related cancers
Multi-agent regimens
Frequency of cancer
Sarcoma
24. Distinguishing the mutant cell (appearance & differentiation) aka histology
Grading=
Sarcoma
Preventable causes of cancer
Stages of Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)
25. The age & menopausal status of patient -The stage of the disease
Prognostic factors
Adjuvant
Mutation
Malignant
26. Cancer stays in one place
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
Benign
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
Carcinoma
27. Breast cancer - non-hodgkin's lymphoma
Angiogenesis
Screening & early detection of Breast cancer
Chemotherapy control
Cancer treatments
28. Surgery - Radiation - Chemotherapy - Biotherapy - Hormonal therapy
Cancer treatments
Neoadjuvant
Histological analysis classification
Financial Implications
29. Grade 1-4 - grade by cell when we can't tell where its from
Carcinogenesis (3 stages)
Prophylaxis
Kidney failure
Histological classification
30. Cure - Control - palliation (pain relive)
Cancer treatment goals
Tumor Markers
Arrest
Lydomyte
31. Major cause is smoking
The histologic and nuclear grade of the primary tumor
Immunogenicity
Bladder Cancer
Histological classification
32. Cells more abnormal - moderately differentiated
Grade 2
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
Tumor Markers
Mutation
33. Tumor cell to elicit and immune response
Chemotherapy control
Tumor Markers
Immunogenicity
Cancer Incidence
34. Cells are very abnormal - Moderately differentiated
Initiation
Neoadjuvant
3 ways cancer can spread
Grade 3
35. Brachytherapy -Sources are placed directly into tumor or in close proximity (e.g. lung - cervical - prostate)
Grading=
Radiation Internal
Tumor-suppressor Genes
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
36. Cells differ slightly from normal cells
Radiation side effects
Grade 1
Mutation
Cancer treatment goals
37. 66%
Post-op Management
Tumor-suppressor Genes
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
Genetic influences associated with cancer
38. 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
Stage 3 Lymphoma
Chemotherapy Side Effects
Chemotherapy
Sarcoma
39. 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
Post-op Management
Grade 3
Tumor Markers
Radiation side effects
40. -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
Grading=
Cancer Cell growth
Extent of disease classification
Staging=
41. Fibrin mesh work protection from host's immune cells
Arrest
Central nervous system cancers
Frequency of cancer
3 ways cancer can spread
42. 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
Stage 1 Lymphoma
Methods of Chemo Administration
Stage 3 Lymphoma
Bio therapy
43. Begins in bone - cartilage - fat - muscle - blood vessels - or other connective or supportive tissue
Preventable causes of cancer
Cancer Surgery
Sarcoma
Stage 3 Lymphoma
44. Primary Therapy -Neoadjuvant -Adjuvant (with something) -Prophylaxis -Disease Control -Palliation
Preventable causes of cancer
Bio therapies
Radiation
Normal cell growth
45. 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
Promotion
Grading=
Bladder Cancer
46. What cell is is? - How agressive?
Financial Implications
Histological Characteristic
Prophylaxis
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
47. Most common form - Linear accelerator generates ionizing radiation
Radiation External
Chemotherapy
Tumor-suppressor Genes
Cancers related to infectious exposure
48. Begin in the cells of the immune system
Stages of Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)
Carcinoma
Lymphoma and Myeloma
Immunogenicity
49. 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)
Preventable causes of cancer
Grade 1
Post-op Management
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
50. Grade 1-4 - grade by cell when we can't tell where its from
Radiation External
Cancer treatment goals
Central nervous system cancers
Histological classification