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Cancer
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1. Cancer cells that go to other parts of the body
Tumor-suppressor Genes
Malignant
Adjuvant
Cancer treatment goals
2. 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
Progression
Chemotherapy Side Effects
Oncogenes
Extent of disease classification
3. 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
Leukemia
Post-op Management
Cancer Incidence
Malignant
4. Proteins and antigens - Monitor for recurrence
Leukemia
Smoking related cancers
Tumor Markers
Initiation
5. Most common cancer in American women -Second leading cause of cancer deaths in America -Bracogene defect
Cancers related to infectious exposure
Breast cancer
Chemotherapy control
Metastasis
6. 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
Cancer treatment goals
Malignant
Histological Characteristic
7. Blood - Lymph - Direct extension
Histological classification
Promotion
Grade 3
3 ways cancer can spread
8. 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
Neoadjuvant
Immunogenicity
Stages of Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)
Post-op Management
9. Breast cancer
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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
Chemotherapy Side Effects
Radiation side effects
Stages of Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)
The histologic and nuclear grade of the primary tumor
11. Surgery - Radiation - Chemotherapy - Biotherapy - Hormonal therapy
Cancers related to infectious exposure
Cancer treatments
Sarcoma
Mutation
12. 66%
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
3 ways cancer can spread
Cancer treatment goals
Sarcoma
13. Cells differ slightly from normal cells
Grade 1
Staging=
Direct Extension
Grade 2
14. 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)
Mutation
Radiation External
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
Financial Implications
15. The age & menopausal status of patient -The stage of the disease
The histologic and nuclear grade of the primary tumor
Diagnostic Studies
Stage 1 Lymphoma
Prognostic factors
16. The cancer is found only in a single lymph node region or one organ or area outside the lymph node
Cancer Cell growth
Multi-agent regimens
Arrest
Stage 1 Lymphoma
17. Given at the same time b/c different mechanisms of action that lower the amount of drugs given-> decrease toxicity
Adjuvant
Multi-agent regimens
Radiation External
Malignant
18. Different drugs to affect periods of cell cycle
Metastasis
Arrest
Histological Characteristic
Chemotherapy and cell cycle
19. Begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs
Carcinoma
Cancer Incidence
Smoking related cancers
Metastasis
20. Distinguishing the mutant cell (appearance & differentiation) aka histology
Diagnostic Studies
What is Cancer?
3 ways cancer can spread
Grading=
21. Code for proteins to turn off cell growth - loss of function - Recessive
Radiation side effects
Tumor-suppressor Genes
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
Initiation
22. Medication that caused birth defects by cutting off blood supply - now trying to use it to cut off angiogenesis
Methods of Chemo Administration
Extent of disease classification
Chemotherapy control
Lydomyte
23. Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)-> Cervical cancer Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)-> Liver cancer HIV->Capoze's sarcomaEbstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-> Perkins (rare) lymphoma
Cancers related to infectious exposure
Radiation Internal
Arrest
Immunogenicity
24. Cells more abnormal - moderately differentiated
Post-op Management
Grade 2
Lydomyte
Radiation Internal
25. Extent of disease
Nursing management
Staging=
Kidney failure
Stage 1 Lymphoma
26. 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)
Leukemia
Preventable causes of cancer
Progression
What is Cancer?
27. Cancer cells that go to other parts of the body
Malignant
Growth factors
Stage 2 Lymphoma
Bio therapy
28. 1st to occur because heart and brain are very important organs
Kidney failure
Diagnostic Studies
Lymphoma and Myeloma
Histological classification
29. Spread of cancer from an initial site -Includes: angiogenesis - Invasion - Transport - Immunogenicity - arrest - Establishment of a secondary tumor
Women's #1 cancer
Metastasis
Frequency of cancer
Cancer Surgery
30. 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)
Lymphoma and Myeloma
Bio therapy
Financial Implications
Risk factors
31. Starts in blood forming tissue such as bone marrow
Leukemia
Promotion
Smoking related cancers
Grading=
32. Medication that caused birth defects by cutting off blood supply - now trying to use it to cut off angiogenesis
Risk factors
Women's #1 cancer
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
Lydomyte
33. Code for proteins to turn off cell growth - loss of function - Recessive
Cancer Incidence
Direct Extension
Frequency of cancer
Tumor-suppressor Genes
34. Relieve pain - Relieve obstruction
Adjuvant
Direct Extension
Radiation
Chemotherapy and palliation
35. Proteins and antigens - Monitor for recurrence
Stage 3 Lymphoma
Stage 2 Lymphoma
Tumor Markers
Lydomyte
36. -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
Chemotherapy control
Lymphoma and Myeloma
Growth factors
37. Most common form - Linear accelerator generates ionizing radiation
Risk factors
Grade 3
Adjuvant
Radiation External
38. A permanent change in a DNA nucleotide sequence can be spontaneously or caused by mutagens
Mutation
Smoking related cancers
Risk factors
Chemotherapy control
39. Mutation - Oncogenes - Tumor suppressor genes
Arrest
Genetic influences associated with cancer
Pre-op Nursing management
Stage 2 Lymphoma
40. Cancer stays in one place
Mutation
Benign
Oncogenes
Cancer Cell growth
41. Stage 1: Early disease - Stage 2: Locally advanced disease - Stage 3: Advanced disease - Stage 4: widespread disease
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42. Distinguishing the mutant cell (appearance & differentiation) aka histology
Grading=
Stage 4 Lymphoma
3 ways cancer can spread
Adjuvant
43. Begin in the cells of the immune system
Lydomyte
Lymphoma and Myeloma
Initiation
Chemotherapy control
44. 1.Breast 2.Prostate 3.Lung 4.Colon 5.UNK PRIM 6.Stomach 7.Rectum 8.pancreas 9.Bladder 10.Lymphoma 11.All other
Chemotherapy Side Effects
Sarcoma
Chemotherapy cure
Frequency of cancer
45. Major cause is smoking
Bio therapy
Bladder Cancer
Chemotherapy and palliation
Smoking related cancers
46. Mimic body's immune system
Cancer Cell growth
Bio therapies
Chemotherapy Side Effects
Promotion
47. 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
Neoadjuvant
Initiation
Breast cancer
Bio therapy
48. Brachytherapy -Sources are placed directly into tumor or in close proximity (e.g. lung - cervical - prostate)
Radiation Internal
What is Cancer?
Histological Characteristic
Post-op Management
49. Cure - Control - palliation (pain relive)
Screening & early detection of Breast cancer
Cancer treatment goals
Radiation side effects
Carcinoma
50. 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.
Arrest
Cancer Incidence
Chemotherapy
What is Cancer?