Cancer Causes
This environmental factor damages skin cells without protection and increases risk for cancer.
What is UV exposure?
This is the most aggressive type of skin cancer with a high affinity to metastasize, often appearing as raised, multicolored lesions with irregular borders.
What is melanoma?
This treatment is used for active cancer, however, increases risk for future local cancers after exposure.
What is radiation therapy?
This adverse effect can occur before, during or after chemo administration and requires the nurse to monitor fluid intake and electrolyte status.
What is chemo induced nausea/vomiting?
The most common complication patients face due to their treatment that affects their WBC.
What is neutropenia?
This type of breast tissue can make it harder to detect cancer on mammograms and may require supplemental imaging.
What is dense breast tissue?
These vaccines aid in cancer prevention.
What are the HPV and HBV vaccines?
The success of this treatment is dependent on tumor size, location, and critical adjacent structures.
This is the only thing that a patient should apply to their skin during radiation therapy.
What is aquafor or A+D ointment?
Neutropenia is a risk factor for this condition and manifests as low BP, tachycardia, metabolic acidosis, decreased UO, and confusion or lethargy.
What is septic shock?
This is associated with more than 15 types of cancer and can increase risk whether exposure is direct or indirect.
What is smoking?
Colorectal cancer screening should begin at this age for average risk patients.
What is age 45?
This term is used to describe chemotherapy that is given before surgery.
What is neoadjuvant?
What is extravasation?
This emergency can occur with liver failure or shock and is characterized by thrombocytopenia and increased PT, aPTT and D-dimer.
What is disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)?
What is alcohol?
This is the weekly activity recommendation for risk reduction. Include minutes and intensity level.
What is 150-300 minutes of moderate intensity exercise?
Inflammation to various organ systems, such as pneumonitis and colitis, are side effects associated with which novel therapy?
What are immunotherapies
This can occur following infusion of cyclophosphamide and can present as microscopic or frank blood in the urine.
What is hemorrhagic cystitis?
This emergency manifests as changes in bowel and bladder continence and lower extremity weakness.
What is spinal cord compression?
This accounts for 5-10% of all cancer diagnosis and involves the passing of DNA mutations from generation to generation.
What are inherited genetic mutations?
This blood test measures a substance made by the prostate that, while can be elevated for other reasons, is usually higher in people with prostate cancer.
What is prostate specific antigen (PSA)?
This type of chemotherapy is highly associated with left ventricular dysfunction after dosage reaches 400mg/m2 and requires monitoring of ejection fraction.
What are anthracyclines?
What is a hypersensitivity reaction?
This occurs when tumor cells rapidly release their contents into the blood stream, causing hyperkalemia, increased uric acid, hyperphosphatemia, and hypocalcemia.
What is tumor lysis syndrome (TLS)?