Cancer Basics
Abnormal, uncontrolled cell growth forming a mass is called this.
What is a tumor?
This staging system evaluates tumor, nodes, and metastasis.
What is TNM?
Any type of legal document outlining a patient's wishes is called this.
What is an advance directive?
What is brachytherapy?
Chemo induced nausea/vomiting can be alleviated by this measure.
What is administering antiemetics before the chemo treatment?
This term means cancer has spread to a distant site.
What is metastasis?
Changes in the border, symmetry, or color of a mole could indicate this.
What is cancer?
This breathing pattern may occur near death.
What is Cheyne-Stokes respirations?
To ensure patients at end of life are comfortable and free of pain, when should pain meds be administered.
What is administer pain medication around the clock to "stay ahead of the pain"?
Benign tumors differ from malignant because they do not do this.
What is invade/spread?
This 'N' component refers to involvement of these structures.
What are lymph nodes?
Decreased urine output at end of life is called this.
What is oliguria?
This type of cancer treatment is administered via an external beam and the skin is marked with tattoos to indicate where to focus the beam.
What is radiation (therapy)?
What are the appropriate precautions for a person with decreased WBCs.
What are neutropenic precautions?
This is the most common carcinogen linked to lung cancer.
What is tobacco smoke/cigarette smoking?
Women should begin getting this screening for breast cancer at age 40.
What is a mammogram?
Primary goal of end-of-life care is this.
What is comfort/quality of life?
Chemotherapy kills both cancer cells and normal cells.
What is cytotoxic?
Using diaper rash cream, head coverings, and wigs are interventions to recommend for this chemo side effect.
What is alopecia?
Age, genetics, and race are this type of risk factor related to the development of cancer.
What is non-modifiable?
If a patient has M4 cancer, it would typically indicate this.
What is distant metastasis?
Denial, Anger, Bargaining and Acceptance are all included in this.
What are Kubler-Ross' Stages of Death?
What is the type of surgery that an individual has if they are genetically predisposed to cancer, for example, Angelina Jolie, who carried the BRCA1 genes.
What is prophylactic surgery?
This is the way that we speak to our patients and family members to help them through the dying process.
What is therapeutic communication?