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Cancer
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1. Most common cancer in American women -Second leading cause of cancer deaths in America -Bracogene defect
Risk factors
Oncogenes
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
Breast cancer
2. Appearance & degree of differentiation - Grading-> GX-G4
Prophylaxis
Histological analysis classification
Genetic influences associated with cancer
Histological Characteristic
3. The disease involves lymph nodes both above & below the diaphragm.
Chemotherapy Side Effects
Stage 3 Lymphoma
Malignant
Promotion
4. ~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
Cancer Incidence
Leukemia
Adjuvant
Tumor Markers
5. Brachytherapy -Sources are placed directly into tumor or in close proximity (e.g. lung - cervical - prostate)
What is Cancer?
Screening & early detection of Breast cancer
Radiation Internal
Chemotherapy
6. 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
The histologic and nuclear grade of the primary tumor
Stage 2 Lymphoma
Risk factors
7. Code for proteins to turn off cell growth - loss of function - Recessive
Nursing management
Growth factors
Nursing management
Tumor-suppressor Genes
8. Cure - Control - palliation (pain relive)
Leukemia
Cancer treatment goals
Adjuvant
Risk factors
9. The cancer is found in two or more lymph node regions on one side of the diaphram
Disease Control
Malignant
Stage 2 Lymphoma
Oncogenes
10. What cell is is? - How agressive?
Histological Characteristic
Adjuvant
Cancer Incidence
Cancer treatment goals
11. Lung - Lyrnyx - Esophagus - pancreas - mouth - stomach - leukemia - bladder - kidney - cervix
Cancer Cell growth
Multi-agent regimens
Direct Extension
Smoking related cancers
12. Spread of cancer from an initial site -Includes: angiogenesis - Invasion - Transport - Immunogenicity - arrest - Establishment of a secondary tumor
Cancer Incidence
Metastasis
Histological classification
Histological Characteristic
13. Routine mammography-Digital mammography -Clinical breast examination -Breast self examination
Cancer treatments
Promotion
Bio therapies
Screening & early detection of Breast cancer
14. Fibrin mesh work protection from host's immune cells
Mutation
Chemotherapy and palliation
Arrest
Histological analysis classification
15. Tumor cell to elicit and immune response
Immunogenicity
Tumor-suppressor Genes
Cancer Incidence
Grade 3
16. Mimic body's immune system
Bio therapies
Chemotherapy control
Chemotherapy
Arrest
17. Cancer cells that go to other parts of the body
Preventable causes of cancer
Grade 3
Malignant
Immunogenicity
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
Radiation side effects
Promotion
Screening & early detection of Breast cancer
Neoadjuvant
19. Used in Prevention - determine the diagnostic and treatment plan (clinical staging) - Cure and or control of cancer - Supportive care - Rehabilitation - Palliation of symptoms - Diagnosis (biopsy)
Promotion
Cancer Surgery
Progression
Normal cell growth
20. Migration and proliferation of endothelial cells
Progression
Sarcoma
Cancers related to infectious exposure
Angiogenesis
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
Radiation side effects
Cancer Incidence
Diagnostic Studies
Stage 1 Lymphoma
22. Based on spread of disease staging -Tumor Node Metastasis classification system -Stage 0-4
Radiation
Tumor Markers
Promotion
Extent of disease classification
23. Burkitt's Lymphoma -Hodgkin's Lymphoma -Testicular cancer
Bio therapies
Benign
Chemotherapy cure
Post-op Management
24. Distinguishing the mutant cell (appearance & differentiation) aka histology
Grading=
Chemotherapy Side Effects
Pre-op Nursing management
Nursing management
25. The cancer is found in two or more lymph node regions on one side of the diaphram
Stage 2 Lymphoma
Post-op Management
Lymphoma and Myeloma
Promotion
26. Cancer stays in one place
Benign
Sarcoma
Chemotherapy and palliation
Methods of Chemo Administration
27. Preoperative with or without chemotherapy - Goal to shrink tumor before surgery
Malignant
Genetic influences associated with cancer
Neoadjuvant
Prophylaxis
28. Major cause is smoking
Pre-op Nursing management
Growth factors
Bladder Cancer
Multi-agent regimens
29. Mimic body's immune system
Bio therapies
Benign
Chemotherapy control
Radiation
30. 1.Breast 2.Prostate 3.Lung 4.Colon 5.UNK PRIM 6.Stomach 7.Rectum 8.pancreas 9.Bladder 10.Lymphoma 11.All other
Metastasis
Frequency of cancer
Kidney failure
Mutation
31. Begins in bone - cartilage - fat - muscle - blood vessels - or other connective or supportive tissue
Malignant
Sarcoma
Pre-op Nursing management
Leukemia
32. Polypeptides that influence cell growth
Central nervous system cancers
Preventable causes of cancer
Pre-op Nursing management
Growth factors
33. Intravenous -Intraarterial -Intrapeitoneal -Intrathecal:into spinal canal -Intravesical Bladder -Oral
Arrest
Methods of Chemo Administration
Mutation
Histological Characteristic
34. Used in Prevention - determine the diagnostic and treatment plan (clinical staging) - Cure and or control of cancer - Supportive care - Rehabilitation - Palliation of symptoms - Diagnosis (biopsy)
Direct Extension
Cancer Surgery
Preventable causes of cancer
Mutation
35. Exposure->mutation - Initiation - Promotion - Progression & metastasis
Progression
Histological analysis classification
Carcinogenesis (3 stages)
Mutation
36. Polypeptides that influence cell growth
Growth factors
Extent of disease classification
Diagnostic Studies
The 5 year relative survival rate fro all cancers combined is...
37. Cells are very abnormal - Moderately differentiated
Stage 1 Lymphoma
What is Cancer?
Oncogenes
Grade 3
38. Based on spread of disease staging -Tumor Node Metastasis classification system -Stage 0-4
Extent of disease classification
Histological Characteristic
Lymphoma and Myeloma
Prognostic factors
39. Breast cancer
40. 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
Bladder Cancer
Lydomyte
Preventable causes of cancer
41. Stage 1: Early disease - Stage 2: Locally advanced disease - Stage 3: Advanced disease - Stage 4: widespread disease
42. Cells differ slightly from normal cells
Grade 1
Frequency of cancer
Carcinogenesis (3 stages)
Chemotherapy Side Effects
43. Education related to treatment & side effects -Ongoing skin assessment-Management of skin irritations -Assessment for fatigue- most common and disabling side effect -Education about fatigue management -rest periods-mild exercise -Emotional support du
Grade 2
Breast cancer
Nursing management
Chemotherapy and palliation
44. 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
Metastasis
Screening & early detection of Breast cancer
Chemotherapy control
45. 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
Chemotherapy and palliation
Radiation side effects
Tumor-suppressor Genes
46. 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)
Preventable causes of cancer
Stage 2 Lymphoma
Financial Implications
Women's #1 cancer
47. Cancer cells that go to other parts of the body
Grade 1
Radiation
Lydomyte
Malignant
48. Cure - Control - palliation (pain relive)
Immunogenicity
Angiogenesis
Malignant
Cancer treatment goals
49. Given at the same time b/c different mechanisms of action that lower the amount of drugs given-> decrease toxicity
Stage 1 Lymphoma
Multi-agent regimens
Methods of Chemo Administration
Kidney failure
50. 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
Stage 4 Lymphoma
Promotion
Prophylaxis
Histological classification