09.CTR - Cancer Treatment Exam

What are some examples of systemic therapy? - ANS Chemo, hormonal, immunotherapy What are some examples of local or regional therapies? - ANS Surgery and radiation What is multimodality therapy? - ANS When local or regional therapy is combined with systemic therapy Tumor directed treatment that's purpose is to modify, control, remove, or destroy primary or metastatic cancer tissue - ANS Cancer-Directed Treatment Treatment that's intended to prolong the patient's life, alleviate pain, make the patient more comfortable, or prepare the patient for cancer directed therapy - ANS Non Cancer Directed Treatment What does first course treatment include? - ANS All methods of therapy recorded in the treatment plan and administered to the patient. If there is no treatment plan, initial treatment must begin when? - ANS Within four months of initial date of diagnosis Adverse reaction to a chemo therapy drug in a combination regimen is replaced with a drug from the same group as the original drug is considered which course of treatment? - ANS First In leukemia, what is considered first course? - ANS All cancer directed therapies planned or administered by the physician during or after the first diagnosis of leukemia. Treatment of areas of potential microscopic spread in the hope of preventing or delaying recurrence and prolonging survival - ANS adjuvant therapy Therapy administered after the completion of the first course therapy or after therapy is discontinued due to treatment failure or disease progression. - ANS Secondary Treatment Used to evaluate the efficacy of a particular treatment in a particular population - ANS Response rates Refers to tumor masses that can be measured in two dimensions on physical or radiologic examination. - ANS Measurable disease Can be evaluated objectively by examination or studies, but cannot be measured. - ANS Evaluable disease occurs when the tumor mass resloves and there is no evidence of residual disease - ANS Complete response shows definite improvement but disease remains present. - ANS Partial response Impact of treatment is evaluated by - ANS overall survival and the disease free survival in patients achieving clinical complete responses. If the exact date is not available, what non specific date should be recorded for Spring? - ANS April If the exact date is not available, what non specific date should be recorded for middle of the year? - ANS July If the exact date is not available, what non specific date should be recorded for fall of the year - ANS Record October If the exact date is not available, what non specific date should be recorded for the winter - ANS December or January