Cancer Basics
This term describes abnormal cells that invade surrounding tissues and can spread to other parts of the body.
What is Malignant Cancer.
Smoking cessation is an example of this level of prevention.
What is primary prevention?
Staging describes the extent of the disease, while this describes how abnormal the cancer cells appear.
What is grading?
A common chemotherapy side effect characterized by low white blood cells.
What is neutropenia?
This is the most important action for preventing infection in immunocompromised patients.
What is hand hygiene?
The process by which cancer cells spread from the primary site to distant organs.
What is metastasis?
Mammograms and colonoscopies are examples of this level of prevention.
What is secondary prevention?
Stage 0 cancer is commonly referred to as this.
What is carcinoma in situ?
A neutropenic patient should avoid this type of food.
What are raw or uncooked foods?
Fresh flowers should generally be avoided for patients experiencing this chemotherapy-related condition.
What is neutropenia?
The tissue or organ where cancer first develops.
What is the primary tumor site?
HPV vaccine helps prevent cancers caused by this virus.
What is human papillomavirus?
Stage IV cancer generally indicated this.
What is distant metastasis?
A temperature of _____ in a chemotherapy patient should be reported immediately.
What is 100.4 F or higher?
When caring for a patient with cancer, this assessment should always be considered the "5th vital sign".
What is pain?
These two characteristics distinguish malignant tumors from benign tumors.
What are invasion and metastasis?
Rehabilitation and survivorship are examples of this level of prevention.
What is tertiary prevention?
The "N" in TNM system refers to this.
What are lymph nodes?
Hair loss caused by chemotherapy is called this.
What is alopecia?
A patient with severe thrombocytopenia should avoid these two things.
What are rectal temperatures and IM injections?
The hallmark of cancer refers to uncontrolled cellular growth and division.
What is loss of normal growth regulation?
Name two warning signs of cancer.
What are unexplained weight loss, persistent cough, changes in bowel habits, unusual bleeding, lumps, nonhealing sores?
Which is generally more important for treatment planning: stage or grade?
What is stage?
A patient with platelets of 20,000 is at high risk for this complication.
What is bleeding/hemorrhage?
The psychosocial nursing intervention can significantly improve outcomes and quality of life for oncology patients.
What is therapeutic communication/support?