Pathophysiology/ Etiology
This is the most common acute leukemia in adults.
What is Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)?
Painless, progressive enlargement of cervical lymph nodes is a sign of this disease.
What is Lymphoma?
Your care should always begin with this.
What is an assessment?
This can be a primary, or adjunct treatment for NHL
What is Rituxan?
The four classifications of leukemia.
What is AML ALL, CML, and CLL?
This lymphoma has potential to be cured.
What is Hodgkin's Lymphoma (HL)
Petechiae is a sign of this blood issue.
What is thrombocytopenia?
The Philadelphia Chromosome is associated with this type of leukemia.
What is Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia?
Decreasing drug resistance, minimizing drug toxicity, and interrupting cell growth at multiple points in the cell cycle are reasons to use this treatment.
What are the reasons to use combination therapy?
The most common physical sign that is often associated with chemotherapy.
What is alopecia?
This disease is the result of monoclonal plasma cells proliferating in bone marrow
What is multiple myeloma?
Two enlarged, cancerous lymph nodes that appear above the diaphragm indicate this stage of cancer.
What is stage II cancer?
Hypercalcemia is often a result of this disease.
What is multiple myeloma?
Induction, consolidation, and maintenance are three phases of this treatment.
What is chemotherapy?
This is the number one concern for patients with blood cancers.
What is infection?
Unexplained fever, Night sweats, Unintentional weight loss, Fatigue, Recurrent Infections, and abdominal fullness are all classified as these.
What are B symptoms?
Dry, cracked, red or peeling skin is a side effect of this treatment.
What is radiation?
An ANC of <500 indicates the patient is experiencing this.
Severe Neutropenia
This medication, used for CML, "gathers fluid" and can keep a patient in the chronic stage for years with strict compliance
What is Gleevec?
This term means derived from bone marrow.
What is myeloid?
This disease can be inherited or acquired and damages multiple organs.
What is Hemochromatosis?
Abnormal proteins produced in the blood by cancerous plasma cells in Multiple Myeloma.
What are M proteins?
This is considered an oncologic emergency
What is a temperature of 100.4 or higher?
You should avoid vitamin C supplementation if you have this disease process.
What is hemochromatosis?
Medication used to inhibit bone breakdown.
What are biphosphonates?