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Cancer
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The cancer is found only in a single lymph node region or one organ or area outside the lymph node
Sarcoma
Stage 1 Lymphoma
Preventable causes of cancer
Chemotherapy control
2. 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
Neoadjuvant
Leukemia
Stages of Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)
3. Brachytherapy -Sources are placed directly into tumor or in close proximity (e.g. lung - cervical - prostate)
Radiation Internal
Bladder Cancer
Lymphoma and Myeloma
Pre-op Nursing management
4. Cure - Control - palliation (pain relive)
Chemotherapy
Frequency of cancer
Radiation External
Cancer treatment goals
5. Code for proteins to turn off cell growth - loss of function - Recessive
Women's #1 cancer
Tumor-suppressor Genes
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
Chemotherapy and palliation
6. Exposure->mutation - Initiation - Promotion - Progression & metastasis
Grade 2
Disease Control
What is Cancer?
Carcinogenesis (3 stages)
7. Tumor cell to elicit and immune response
Initiation
Histological Characteristic
Immunogenicity
Progression
8. Polypeptides that influence cell growth
Women's #1 cancer
Kidney failure
Growth factors
Radiation External
9. 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
Arrest
Smoking related cancers
What is Cancer?
Risk factors
10. 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
Grade 3
Radiation side effects
Cancer treatments
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
11. 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
Stage 1 Lymphoma
Normal cell growth
Pre-op Nursing management
Stage 4 Lymphoma
12. Migration and proliferation of endothelial cells
Chemotherapy Side Effects
Benign
Adjuvant
Angiogenesis
13. 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
Progression
Initiation
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
Central nervous system cancers
14. Primary Therapy -Neoadjuvant -Adjuvant (with something) -Prophylaxis -Disease Control -Palliation
Preventable causes of cancer
Radiation side effects
Radiation
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
15. Begin in the cells of the immune system
Arrest
Lymphoma and Myeloma
Carcinogenesis (3 stages)
Diagnostic Studies
16. Most common cancer in American women -Second leading cause of cancer deaths in America -Bracogene defect
Breast cancer
Risk factors
Tumor-suppressor Genes
Grading=
17. Routine mammography-Digital mammography -Clinical breast examination -Breast self examination
Carcinogenesis (3 stages)
Direct Extension
Screening & early detection of Breast cancer
Prophylaxis
18. Preoperative with or without chemotherapy - Goal to shrink tumor before surgery
Post-op Management
Adjuvant
Neoadjuvant
Diagnostic Studies
19. Most common form - Linear accelerator generates ionizing radiation
Radiation External
Radiation
Cancer Incidence
Bio therapies
20. Burkitt's Lymphoma -Hodgkin's Lymphoma -Testicular cancer
Progression
Chemotherapy cure
Direct Extension
Histological Characteristic
21. Preoperative with or without chemotherapy - Goal to shrink tumor before surgery
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
Neoadjuvant
Histological analysis classification
Mutation
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
Lymphoma and Myeloma
Benign
Breast cancer
Post-op Management
23. Appearance & degree of differentiation - Grading-> GX-G4
Diagnostic Studies
Financial Implications
Extent of disease classification
Histological analysis classification
24. Mimic body's immune system
Stages of Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)
Tumor-suppressor Genes
Initiation
Bio therapies
25. Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)-> Cervical cancer Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)-> Liver cancer HIV->Capoze's sarcomaEbstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-> Perkins (rare) lymphoma
Women's #1 cancer
Cancers related to infectious exposure
Extent of disease classification
Diagnostic Studies
26. Code for proteins to turn off cell growth - loss of function - Recessive
Chemotherapy cure
Tumor-suppressor Genes
Metastasis
Mutation
27. Cells are very abnormal - Moderately differentiated
Grade 3
Stage 4 Lymphoma
Chemotherapy
Lydomyte
28. Breast cancer - non-hodgkin's lymphoma
Grade 1
Chemotherapy control
Lymphoma and Myeloma
Prophylaxis
29. Begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs
Growth factors
Carcinoma
Chemotherapy
Stage 2 Lymphoma
30. Limit Growth
Post-op Management
Disease Control
Promotion
Chemotherapy cure
31. A permanent change in a DNA nucleotide sequence can be spontaneously or caused by mutagens
Mutation
Lydomyte
Chemotherapy
Financial Implications
32. 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
Tumor-suppressor Genes
Carcinoma
Carcinoma
Bio therapy
33. Medication that caused birth defects by cutting off blood supply - now trying to use it to cut off angiogenesis
Lydomyte
The histologic and nuclear grade of the primary tumor
Tumor Markers
Radiation
34. Tumor cell to elicit and immune response
Initiation
Grading=
Frequency of cancer
Immunogenicity
35. Mutation - Oncogenes - Tumor suppressor genes
Genetic influences associated with cancer
Angiogenesis
Lydomyte
Stage 2 Lymphoma
36. 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
Sarcoma
Central nervous system cancers
Histological analysis classification
Promotion
37. 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
Stage 2 Lymphoma
Leukemia
Disease Control
38. Begin in the cells of the immune system
Lymphoma and Myeloma
Immunogenicity
Direct Extension
Frequency of cancer
39. Cancer cells that go to other parts of the body
Kidney failure
Malignant
Central nervous system cancers
Stage 4 Lymphoma
40. Cancer stays in one place
Grade 4
Benign
Stage 4 Lymphoma
Neoadjuvant
41. Lung - Lyrnyx - Esophagus - pancreas - mouth - stomach - leukemia - bladder - kidney - cervix
Smoking related cancers
Angiogenesis
Grade 4
Stage 3 Lymphoma
42. The cancer is found in two or more lymph node regions on one side of the diaphram
Leukemia
Tumor Markers
Cancers related to infectious exposure
Stage 2 Lymphoma
43. Cells are very abnormal - Moderately differentiated
Grade 3
Histological Characteristic
Initiation
Pre-op Nursing management
44. The ER and PR status of the tumor -The measures of proliferative capacity of the tumor -Her2/neu gene amplification.
Sarcoma
Benign
The histologic and nuclear grade of the primary tumor
Nursing management
45. To prevent future development in high risk areas
Prophylaxis
Cancer treatment goals
Chemotherapy control
Histological classification
46. Cells differ slightly from normal cells
Stage 2 Lymphoma
Grade 1
Immunogenicity
Bladder Cancer
47. Major cause is smoking
Bladder Cancer
Multi-agent regimens
Methods of Chemo Administration
Cancer Incidence
48. 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
Carcinogenesis (3 stages)
Promotion
Chemotherapy control
Diagnostic Studies
49. Relieve pain - Relieve obstruction
Chemotherapy and palliation
Multi-agent regimens
Carcinogenesis (3 stages)
Radiation Internal
50. Strictly regulated -Predetermined to differentiate into specific cell type -Controlled cell death (apoptosis) & proliferation -Contact inhibition -Cell surface adherence-Inability to wander
Normal cell growth
Grade 2
Preventable causes of cancer
Initiation