Case Study
Michael Miller, age 43 / fever, weakness, back and neck pain / Sepsis / fecal diversion, systemic chemotherapy, chemoradiation, tumor resection
Identify the treatment
What is fecal diversion, systemic chemotherapy, chemoradiation, and tumor resection?
75% of colorectal cancer patients typically undergo this treatment as part of their treatment plan.
What is surgery?
Plant structures that are seed-bearing, and whose function is to continue the plant lineage by scattering those seeds toward reproduction.
What are fruits?
How many speaker events have we hosted this year?
2
The medical term for a sideways curvature of the spine which most commonly occurs in young adults during a growth spurt.
What is scoliosis?
A 34-year-old Ecuadorian male with no significant medical or surgical history was referred for a low hemoglobin level of 3.1 g/dL. No history of gastrointestinal bleeding, alcohol use, or smoking. Immigrating to the U.S. from Ecuador one year prior, he reported fatigue, headache, lightheadedness, and early satiety for eight months. He was hospitalized for symptomatic anemia evaluation and received three units of blood transfusion, normalizing his hemoglobin. There was no family history of gastrointestinal cancers.
Symptoms patient presented with
What is fatigue, headache, lightheadedness
The gender is more likely to develop colorectal cancer: men or women?
What is men?
A particular kind of dry fruit that has a single seed, a hard shell, and a protective husk.
What are nuts?
In order to become a HCCC officer, you have to participate in at least ___(fraction) of all club meetings
1/2
In the US, basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of this cancer.
What is skin cancer?
Mrs B, a healthy 50-year-old African-American. Experience constipation, bloating, and occasional abdominal pain/cramping that she attributed to heartburn. She saw her primary care physician in February of 2006. She reported losing 15 pounds in the past year, which she attributed to decreased appetite and gastrointestinal symptoms.
Symptoms Mrs. B initially experienced
constipation, bloating, and occasional abdominal pain/cramping
2 risk factors that may play a role in the cause of colorectal cancer.
What are age, family history, personal history of Polyps or Cancer, Physical Inactivity, Lack of Screening, Diet; Obesity, Alcohol, Smoking?
Aquatic vertebrate animals that have gills.
What are fishes?
What is an event hosted by City of Hope in September each year, that HCCC members participate annually?
Walk for Hope
Inciscors, ______, premolars/bicuspids, molars.
What are canines?
72-year-old woman with metastatic colorectal cancer. Experience bloating, abdominal discomfort, and unintentional weight loss. She was diagnosed with stage IV colorectal cancer after a colonoscopy and CT scans.
Confirmation on diagnosis of colorectal cancer
What are a colonoscopy and CT scans?
The age that most cases of colorectal cancer occur.
What is aged 50 years or older?
A fermented milk product.
What is yogurt?
What is your most memorable event / moment involving HCCC thus far?
(answers may vary)
First published in 1858, what textbook was based on dissections performed on unclaimed corpses. Its name was later used for a medical tv drama.
What is Grey's anatomy?
SD is a 53-year-old woman with a history of ulcerative colitis, followed for perimenopausal symptoms for about two years. She is severely overweight. She mentions that her 48-year-old sibling recently had surgery for colon cancer. Review of her chart shows that an older sister has hypertension, and both parents died from cardiac events in their 70s. She asks about her own risk of developing colon cancer. Her physical examination is unremarkable.
One factor to consider when assessing SD's risk of developing colon cancer
family history/age/gender/obesity?
The survival rate for localized (stage 1) cases.
What is higher than 90%?
A grain used for food, such as wheat, oats, or corn.
What is cereal?
What is the ribbon color for liver cancer (that we used as the background for our presentation)？
green
The active ingredient in over-the-counter painkillers such as Advil and Nuprin.
What is Ibuprofen?