Topic & Manifestations
This disorder of the large intestine is a common risk factor for colorectal cancer
Irritable Bowl Syndrome
These are the risk factors for colon cancer
-family history of CRC
-personal h/o inflammatory bowel disease
-obesity
-red meat (>7 servings/week)
-smoking
-alcohol (>4/week)
These are the three goals of surgical therapy
-completely resect the tumor with adequate margins
-explore the abdominal cavity to determine if the cancer has spread
-removal of lymph nodes that drain the area where the cancer is located
This cancer is the most type of colorectal cancer
Adenocarcinoma?
it is recommend to have this screening test done every decade.
colonoscopy every 10 years.
these are the three uses for chemotherapy
1. Shrink the tumor before surgery
2. Adjunct therapy after colon cancer
3. palliative treatment for non-resectable cancers
-fever >101
-vomiting
-pain
-wt loss
-incision drainage.
This organ is commonly the first site of organ metastasis.
Liver
reason why CEA screening is unreliable
Large number of false positives
That these stages of cancer chemotherapy is initiated
Stage 3 tumor and high risk stage 2
serosanguineous drainage.
This ethnic group is at high-risk for colorectal cancer.
African Americans
clients of 50-75 years should have this type of screening done annually
Fecal occult blood test.
the class name of the target therapy drug and its function
-Angiogenesis
-inhibits blood supply to tumors.
It goes away with time, but is normal at first, dont disregard it as it could also be a perineal abscess
phantom rectal pain
This amount of cases occurs in patients with a family history of colorectal cancer
one-third
These are premalignant and a source of most colon cancer, if these are present then a colonoscopy is repeated every 6 months
Polyps
These are the reasons for which radiation is used as palliative.
-may be used as post-op as adjunct to surgery, chemotherapy or palliative care
-used as palliative to reduce tumor size and provide symptom relief
Ostomy Rehabilitaion