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Risk Factors
Early detection and prevention
Dx & Staging
Treatment & it's complications
Nsg Care Plan
100
Oncovirus or retrovirus (now added is HPV)
What are certain viruses that are risk factors linked to cancer in humans?
100
Regular physical/screening examinations
What is the mechanism by which PCPs detect early warning signs of cancer?
100
biopsy
What is the most accurate way of identifying a cancer
100
Surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy
What are the three main types of treatment for cancer?
100
Risk for Ineffective coping
What is the nsg diagnosis to use when the patient is first told of their diagnosis?
200
ultraviolet rays, alpha, beta, and gama
What are the forms of radiation that cause an increased incidence of cancer?
200
Genetic testing Double points!
What is the technology that that poses both legal and ethical questions regarding confidentiality and insurance cost issues?
200
Nuclear imaging, PET Scan Double points
What are procedures that are highly sensitive and can detect abnormal cell growth months before changes are seen on an x-ray
200
Palliative
What is surgery performed for symptom control?
200
Acute or chronic pain
What is the nsg dx r/t tissue injury from disease process and treatment
300
Chemical carcinogens
What are implicated in the triggering mechanisms in malignant tumor formation?
300
diet and exercise
What is the healthy lifestyle that helps to strengthen the immune system and reduces cancer risks?
300
TNM (tumor, node, metastasis)
What is the international system that classifies solid tumors by size and degree of spread?
300
time, distance, & shielding
What the three primary factors for protection from radiation?
300
good hand hygiene
What is the most effective method of reducing the transmission of microscopic organisms?
400
stress and illness
What are the components of the stress,/illness cycle that increases the risk of cancer?
400
fruits and vegetables
What is a diet full of ____ & ____ that reduce the risk of lung, oral, esophageal, stomach and colon cancer
400
poorly differentiated
What is a tumor that is a malignant neoplasm that contains some normal cells?
400
Decreases side-effects and possibility of tumor developing a resistance to the drug
What is the purpose for using combination chemotherapy?
400
fortified puddings and milkshakes
What is one way to deal with anorexia or early satiety associated with cancer tx
500
Diet
What is a major factor in both the cause and prevention of cancer
500
vaccine
What is a measure that is therapeutic rather than prophylactic in that it stimulates the immune system to destroy cancer cells?
500
T3N2MX
What is a breast cancer tumor that is large, involving 2 lymph nodes, and has metastasized?
500
Nadir
What is the time period of 7-14 days after chemo where the WBCs drop to their lowest
500
SVCS, Spinal cord compression, and hypercalcemia
What are oncological emergiencies?