Bone Marrow Transplant
What is an autologous transplant?
This is the name for the treatment given after the known cancer has been surgically removed or radiated.
What is Adjuvant Chemotherapy?
This diagnosis makes up the majority of patients enrolled in hospice benefits in the fiscal year of 2019; other diagnosis include cancer at 4.9%, CVA at 5.4% and Respiratory at 7.1%.
What is Alzheimer/Dementia?
From 2015-2019, African American women were just as likely to be diagnosed with this cancer as compared to non-Hispanic white women, but almost 40 percent more likely to die from it than non-Hispanic white women.
What is breast cancer?
This screening is recommended for women of average risk of breast cancer at age 40-44, one might even call it a medieval torture device (but who asked me?)
What is a mammogram?
This rich source of stem cells are collected directly after birth, which cause no harm to mother or baby, are processed and stored in registries for later use.
What is umbilical cord blood (UCB)?
Education to a patient receving this chemotherapy should include seeing a change in urine color to violet, urinating while seated to prevent splashing, flushing toilet with the lid down and washing hands thoroughly after urination with soap and water
What is Mitomycin?
The acronym POLST refers to a component of Advance Care Planning that communicates patient preferences around specific medical interventions in the form of medical orders, typically it includes orders regarding CPR and intubation, artificial nutrition, etc. and it stands for this:
What is Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment?
This African American woman's cells, without her permission or her knowledge, were vital to developing the polio vaccine, uncovering numerous mysteries of cancer research, and helped improve in vitro fertilization, cloning and gene mapping, as well as many other scientific pursuits.
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
This test was created to screen for colon cancer as an option that is noninvasive, no prep required, stool sample collected at home and can even detect precancer.
What is Cologuard?
This electrolyte imbalance can occur during leukapheresis, causing the patient to experience tingling in their lips and extremities during the procedure.
What is hypocalcemia?
This combination of chemotherapy is given to patients with HER2 positive breast cancer, usually referred to with this acronym
This word is defined as the state of having experienced the death of a loved one or family member, and is often a service that is offered 13 months following the death of a loved one from hospice organizations.
What is bereavement?
February is Black History Month, but it is also this National month, highlighting the link of systemic barriers Black individuals face that cause cancer screenings to be completed at a far lower rate, as noted in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in 2020
What is National Cancer Prevention Month?
This was developed by the American Society of Radiology to provide a standardized description and categorization of breast lesions on mammography, ultrasound, and MRI, consisting of seven categories, each with terminology and follow-up recommendations.
What is Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS)?
This syndrome is caused by a massive release of proinflammatory cytokines, causing fever, rash, hypoxemia, pulmonary edema and/or encephalopathy; it only occurs in about 5-25% of patients who receive a stem cell transplant, usually treated with Methylprednisolone for 3 days.
What is engraftment syndrome?
This chemotherapy, often given before a stem cell transplant, crosses the blood brain barrier, increasing the risk for seizures; it's dosing is based on prior research and drug pharmacokinetics, causing the nurse to draw labs daily while the patient is getting treatment
What is Busulfan?
First coined in 1989 to describe a skin wound that occurs despite best preventative measures as a result from skin failure associated with the dying process, it often is seen as an irregularly shaped wound that appears on skin that was normal in appearance at last assessment.
What is a Kennedy Terminal Ulcer?
Dr. Funmi Olopade, an internationally recognized oncologist, transformed our understanding of hereditary breast cancer, particularly in Black and high-risk populations with her research on these genes, which has led to better screening and prevention strategies for aggressive breast cancer subtypes.
What are BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes?
This is the primary method for evaluation of abnormal Pap tests, and it involves viewing the cervix through a long-focal-length dissecting microscope at magnification while applying acetic acid 4% which allows a directed biopsy of any grossly visible abnormalities
What is a Colposcopy?
This body surface area tool is used in estimating the percentage of body surface involved in cases of graft-versus-host disease of the skin, but is also used in cases of burns!
What is the Rule of Nines?
A cerebellar toxicity assessment should be completed to monitor patients prior to the administration of this high-dose chemotherapy
What is ARA-C / Cytarabine?
This assessment (ESAS) assesses nine common symptoms in palliative care (pain, tiredness, drowsiness, nausea, lack of appetite, depression, anxiety, shortness of breath, and well-being)
What is the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System?
Known as the "Mother of Chemotherapy," this surgeon, cancer researcher and educator pioneered the use of chemotherapy drugs as a viable treatment for cancer and helped make treatment more accessible to cancer patients; she was also the only woman co-founder of the American Society for Oncology.
Who is Dr. Jane Cooke Wright?
This screening modality for lung cancer can evaluate mediastinal abnormalities or lymph nodes and has sufficient sensitivity and specificity to detect early-stage lung cancer, although there is controversy surrounding the screening as it also causes false positive results, leading to additional tests, costs, and invasive procedures.
What is Low-dose Computed Tomography (LDCT)?