Coping
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anxiety management, assist in planning transportation, nutrition, emotional
support; teach symptom management to maintain quality of life; offer
community resources
Cognitive effects
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mental fog "chemo brain", in ability to concentrate, memory loss, difficulty
learning new information, effects can be short or long term
, Chemotherapy
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tx with chemical agents to cure, increase survival time, or relief of
symptoms; damage to DNA interferes with cell division, has some
selectivity for cancer cells; most sensitive to rapid growing tumors;
systemic effect
Teletherapy
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external beam of radiation, most common; delivered from a source outside
of the patient, patient not radioactive; must be in exact position for each tx,
markings done to determine area of tx
Abnormal cell characteristics
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Lose original cell appearance (anaplasia); Larger cell nucleus; Specific
function lost; Loose adherence; Migration (metastasize); no contact
inhibition; rapid/continuous growth
Immunotherapy/Biologic therapy
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anxiety management, assist in planning transportation, nutrition, emotional
support; teach symptom management to maintain quality of life; offer
community resources
Cognitive effects
Give this one a try later!
mental fog "chemo brain", in ability to concentrate, memory loss, difficulty
learning new information, effects can be short or long term
, Chemotherapy
Give this one a try later!
tx with chemical agents to cure, increase survival time, or relief of
symptoms; damage to DNA interferes with cell division, has some
selectivity for cancer cells; most sensitive to rapid growing tumors;
systemic effect
Teletherapy
Give this one a try later!
external beam of radiation, most common; delivered from a source outside
of the patient, patient not radioactive; must be in exact position for each tx,
markings done to determine area of tx
Abnormal cell characteristics
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Lose original cell appearance (anaplasia); Larger cell nucleus; Specific
function lost; Loose adherence; Migration (metastasize); no contact
inhibition; rapid/continuous growth
Immunotherapy/Biologic therapy
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