Types of cancer
3 Main types of cancer tx
What are chemo, radiation, surgery
How is most chemo given to a pt?
What is a syngenic stem cell transplant?
SCT from your twin
Name 3 ways you can diagnose cancer
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List 4 different side effects of chemo
Hair loss, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, paresthesia, fatigue, metallic taste in mouth, mouth sores, chemo brain, organ damage
What is an anti nausea med that can be given while a pt is getting chemo?
Ondansteron
Benign means
What is not cancerous
Name 3 things you would teach pts to prevent cancer
decrease sun, smoke, alchohol, stress, weight
excersize and eat blanaced, self exams and annual check ups
This type of cancer affects plasma cells in the bone marrow
What is myeloma
What can happen to a pt's skin when receiving radiation treatments?
Burns
List 6 side effects of chemo
hairloss, fatigue, paresthesia, nausea, vomiting diarrhea, sexual dysfunction, bone loss, anemia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, chemo brain
Stage IV cancer means
spread to other parts of the body
Number one cause of cancer in America
Smoking!
Tumors in the skin, glands, respiratory tract, GI system, and GU system are called...
Carcinomas
Explain Targeted Therapy
therapy (meds) are directed at specific cancer cells and leave the healthy one's alone to do their jobs
You have graduated nursing school and passed the NCLEX! Groovy dude! You get your first job at a hospital, can you administer chemo to patients?
No! Your need special training first, its highly toxic to inhale or touch!
What's the difference between malignant and metastasis
Malignant is cancerous
Metastasis means the cancer spread
HPV which is an STD is linked with this type of cancer
Cervical cancer
What are 5 of the the 7 warning signs of cancer
bowl/bladder changes, sore that wont heal, bleeding/discharge, lumps, trouble swallowing/indigestion, change in wart/mole, nagging cough
What 3 types of surgery could be done for someone with cancer?
exploratory, curative, pallative
4 Things that give off radiation
Radiation therapy, xrays, sun, tanning bed, power plant
TNM means what?
tumor size, spread to lymphnodes, metasiasis
What is cachexia?
Wasting away, no response to increased calories