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Cancer Interventions | NURS - Nursing, Quizzes of Nursing

Interventions for cancer Class: NURS - Nursing; Subject: Nursing; University: Bryant and Stratton College-Willoughby Hills; Term: Forever 1989;

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Pre 2010

Uploaded on 11/11/2009

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TERM 1
What are the general disease-related
consequences of cancer?
DEFINITION 1
Impaired immune and hematopoietic function Altered
gastrointestinal structure and function Motor and sensory
deficits Decreased respiratory function
TERM 2
Prophylaxis surgery for cancer
DEFINITION 2
prophylactic surgery for precancerous lesions
TERM 3
Diagnosis of cancer (surgery)
DEFINITION 3
biopsy
TERM 4
Control of cancer (surgery) or cryoreductive
surgery
DEFINITION 4
Does not result in a cure but reduces amount of tumor or
debulks it
TERM 5
Palliative cancer surgery
DEFINITION 5
Improves the quality of life - pain management, relief of
obstruction, etc.
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What are the general disease-related

consequences of cancer?

Impaired immune and hematopoietic function Altered gastrointestinal structure and function Motor and sensory deficits Decreased respiratory function TERM 2

Prophylaxis surgery for cancer

DEFINITION 2 prophylactic surgery for precancerous lesions TERM 3

Diagnosis of cancer (surgery)

DEFINITION 3 biopsy TERM 4

Control of cancer (surgery) or cryoreductive

surgery

DEFINITION 4 Does not result in a cure but reduces amount of tumor or debulks it TERM 5

Palliative cancer surgery

DEFINITION 5 Improves the quality of life - pain management, relief of obstruction, etc.

Cancer surgery to determine efficacy of

therapy

used in rediagnosis after treatment - used to determine whether treatment is discontinued or continued TERM 7

Reconstructive cancer surgery

DEFINITION 7 increases function and improves body image TERM 8

Purpose of radiation therapy

DEFINITION 8 to destroy cancer cells with minimal exposure of the normal cells to the damaging actions of radiation TERM 9

Teletherapy

DEFINITION 9 beam radiation - radiation source is external and distant TERM 10

brachytherapy

DEFINITION 10 radiation source comes into direct and continuous contact with the tumor - radiation is inside the client. The client emits radiation and is a hazard to others

Chemotherapy Drugs

Antimetabolites Antitumor Antibodies Alkylating Agents Antimitotic agents Topoisomerase inhibitors TERM 17

Chemotherapy drug dose calculation

DEFINITION 17 Calculated according to type of cancer and in milligrams per square meter of total body surface area (TBSA) TERM 18

Chemotherapy drug schedule

DEFINITION 18 Every three or four weeks for a specified number of times ( to 12 times) TERM 19

Extravasation

DEFINITION 19 drugs leak into tissues TERM 20

Vesicants

DEFINITION 20 chemicals that cause tissue damage on direct contact

Side effects of chemotherapy

Alopecia or hair loss (temporary) Nausea and vomiting Mucositis (sores in entire gastrointestinal tract) Skin changes Anxiety, sleep disturbances Altered bowel elimination Decreased mobillity Hematopoietic system changes Bone marrow suppression