Cancer Causes
Studies have shown that consuming these animal products found in burgers, sausages, and kebabs is positively associated with risk of breast, endometrial, colorectal, and lung cancer
What are red meats or processed meats?
This is the time period that full sun exposure should be avoided.
What is 10am-2pm?
Cure, control, and palliation are the _________ of chemotherapy?
What are the goals of chemotherapy?
This adverse effect can occur >24 hours after chemo administration and requires the nurse to monitor fluid intake and electrolyte status.
What is delayed chemo induced nausea/vomiting?
The most common complication patients face due to their treatment that affects their WBC.
What is neutropenia?
This environmental factor affects people when they go outside without spf and/or protective clothing.
What is UV exposure?
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 alkalosis, decreased UO, and confusion or lethargy.
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 standard risk patients.
What is age 45?
Inflammation to various organ systems, such as pneumonitis and colitis, are side effects associated with which novel therapy?
What are immunotherapies?
What is extravasation?
This emergency can occur with liver failure 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.
What is 150-300 minutes of moderate intensity exercise?
This term is used to describe chemotherapy that is given before surgery.
What is neoadjuvant?
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 level of prevention entails monitoring for recurrence or secondary malignancies.
What is tertiary prevention?
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)?