STUDY GUIDE ONCOLOGY UPDATED – PROF ALLEN

STUDY GUIDE ONCOLOGY UPDATED – PROF ALLENSTUDY GUIDE ONCOLOGY UPDATED – PROF ALLEN 1. Which assessment is most important to perform for a male patient who is receiving estrogen as a treatment for cancer? • Check for swelling and hard, cordlike veins in the legs 2. Which side effect should you notify the physician of immediately for a patient receiving hormone manipulation therapy? • Redness, pain and swelling of the calf 3. Which side effect is most common with patients receiving biological response modifiers (BRM’s)? • Fever, chills and flu like symptoms 4. How is BRM therapy different from targeted therapy? • BRMs affect the general immune response of anyone who takes the drug and targeted therapies only work in cancer cells that have a specific target 5. How does Eulexin control prostate cancer? • It is an antiandrogen that binds to testosterone receptors and prevents or slows prostate cancer cell growth 6. What is most important intervention for extravasation of an IV chemo drug? • Prevent extravasation from ever occurring 7. Your patient’s WBC count is low, she can’t receive her chemo. Her husband is upset. What is your best response? • Try not to worry. Your counts will probably be high enough next week, and the chemotherapy will work just as well then. 8. How do most chemo drugs rid body of cancer cells? • They interfere with cancer cell division 9. Why is chemo considered systemic treatment for cancer? • It circulates throughout the body and exerts its effects wherever the cells are located 10. How does oncogene activation cause normal cells to transform into cancer cells? • By increasing the amount of cyclins present so that cells keep entering the cell cycle and dividing 11. Which normal tissue shows side effects of therapy with any of the epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor EGFRI drugs? • Skin 12. Which is true about dose dense chemo?