Skin Cancer
leukemia
Oncology Terms
lymphoma
Random Hotpot
100
sunlight exposure is the main cause of this type of cancer
skin cancer
100
Cancer of white blood cells (WBC) or the stem cells that develop into white blood cells
leukemia
100
washing hands, avoiding crowds, limiting visitors, cook food thoroughly are examples of this type of isolation
neutropenic precautions:
100
pruritus is an early sign of this lymphoma
Hodgkin's Lymphoma
100
ways to detect this type of cancer include the Papanicolaou (Pap) test, biopsy, and HPV testing
cervical cancer
200
type of skin cancer: pearly, waxy nodule rare
basal cell carcinoma
200
with leukemia a diminished amount of erythrocytes can lead to this condition
anemia
200
Terminology that means reappearance of cancer or abnormal cells
relapse
200
This lymphoma less predictable and can rapidly spread to other body locations
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
200
signs/symptoms of this cancer include: dysphagia, shortness of breath, ear pain with swallowing, Sore throat, bad breath
laryngeal cancer
300
an acronym to detect melanomas
ABCDE
300
a complication of leukemia in which there is an increased risk for bleeding due to a lack of these blood cells
thrombocytopenia (low platelets)/platelets
300
Terminology meaning that disease is under control
remission
300
B cells become abnormal Reed-Sternberg (R-S) cells refers to this type of lymphoma
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
300
this class of medications reduce associated depression, promote sleep, improve feelings of well-being, and can decrease neuropathic and cancer pain.
antidepressants
400
a carcinoma: rough, scaly lesion with central ulceration and crusting
squamous cell carcinoma
400
slow progressing leukemia cancer that starts in the lymphocytes
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
400
results from a decrease in RBC
Hypoxemia:
400
this stage of Hodgkin's lymphoma with 2 or more lymphomas above and below the diagram
Stage III
400
this class of medications treats nerve pain, neuralgia, neuropathic-type pain
anticonvulsants
500
This melanoma. Flesh colored nodule with uniformly grayish black color; resembles a blackberry. Sometimes bleeding can occur and has poor prognosis
Nodular malignant melanoma (NMM)
500
a faster moving leukemia that starts in the bone marrow (the soft inner part of certain bones, where new blood cells are made), sometimes spreads to other places
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
500
decrease in WBC, RBC, and platelets
pancytopenia
500
this stage of hodgkin's lymphoma with multiple organ involvement, sometimes includes lymph nodes
Stage IV
500
name this type of lung surgery
wedge lung resection