metastatic disease and tumor recurrence. These include metastatic disease to the lymph nodes‚ tumor size >4 cm‚ poorly differentiated lesions‚ or positive‚ margins. Patients with these findings are offered adjuvant therapy (radiation therapy and chemotherapy). • Specific by stage: Stage Ia1: Total simple hysterectomy‚ either vaginal or abdominal Stage Ia2: Modified radical hysterectomy Stage IB or IIA: either radical hysterectomy with pelvic and paraaortic hymphadenectomy (if premenopausal) and peritoneal
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sentinel lymph node and 11 of 16 lymph nodes were positive for tumor. Estrogen receptors and progesterone receptors were both positive. Further staging work-up was negative for distant metastasis. Her final staging was stage IIB. Her prescribed chemotherapy regimen is 6 cycles of CAF after a single-lumen central line was placed. 1. The client asks you to help her understand how big her tumor was. Draw a 1.5 x1.5 cm circle. This gives a good understanding of the size of the actual tumor. 2
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Chemotherapy Chemotherapy or anticancer medication is a medication use to treat cancer. Our bodies are made of million normal‚ and healthy cell. When mistakes happen to genetic material of a cell‚ become cancer cells. Cancer cells keep dividing and growing without control. Chemotherapy kills cancer cells by stopping them from growing‚ multiply or spreading to other parts of the body. Different types of Chemotherapy damage cancer cells in different point of cell cycle. Some Chemotherapy attack
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may take multiple procedures. Radiation therapy is much like surgery but without the surgical procedure‚ it is aimed for a certain part of the body and uses high energy waves to destroy the cancer cells. Radiation‚ and chemotherapy can be used together but are different‚ chemotherapy targets the whole body and is a mixture of different drugs to help slow down the process of cancer
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References: 1. Dorr RT‚ Von-Hoff DD. Drug monographs. Cancer Chemotherapy Handbook. 2nd ed. Norwalk‚ Conneticut: Appleton and Lange; 1994. p. 434-439. 2. Pfizer Canada Inc. PHARMORUBICIN® product monograph. Kirkland‚ Quebec; 5 May 2005. 3. Pfizer Inc. ELLENCE® product monograph. New York‚ NY; May 2005. 4. McEvoy G‚ editor
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The study tested the application of the Betty Neuman’s Systems Model (Model) which dealt with assessment and also the study was used to determine what followed chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients diagnosed with breast cancer receiving doxorubicin-based chemotherapy. Depending on the client’s ability to handle the environmental stressors‚ the client can have either a positive or a negative outcome. Several patients with breast cancer receive chemo- therapy after surgery to substantially
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During the clinical rotation to Southeastern Medical Oncology Center observations were made concerning cancer patients‚ their treatments‚ nursing care‚ education and special procedures while handling their medications. Upon entry of the treatment facility reclining chairs were lined up along the wall from one side of the room to the other. Each chair had its own television and headphones. Refreshments such as beverages and chips for the patients were near the door along‚ with the scale for weighing
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Associated with Chemotherapy" Jennifer Robey BSN Duke University N 307 Spring 2005 Research Critique 2 Research Critique of "The Influence of Personal Message with Music on Anxiety and Side Effects Associated with Chemotherapy" Introduction The introduction of this article does give you a sense of the importance of the problem area. The area being talked about in this article is how fear and anxiety can negatively impact a patient receiving chemotherapy. The authors then
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The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Case Study 1. How did DFCI come about? The Dana-Faber‚ as it is commonly known‚ was originally established as the Children’s Cancer Research Foundation in 1947 by Dr. Sidney Farber‚ then a pathologist at Boston’s Children’s Hospital. In the 1940’s the only treatment for cancer were surgical removal of tumors and radiation therapy. Cancers that had metastasized were regarded as incurable. Dr. Farber’s vision was that children’s cancer‚ particularly systemic
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Clinical-based Prediction of Side Effects in Colon Cancer Chemotherapy Mouna Kacimi Ognjen Savkovi´c Manfred Mitterer Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano I-39100 Bozen-Bolzano‚ Italy Mouna.Kacimi@unibz.it Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano I-39100 Bozen-Bolzano‚ Italy Ognjen.Savkovic@unibz.it Hospital Franz Tappeiner I-39012‚ Meran-Merano‚ Italy Manfred.Mitterer@asbmeran-o.it Abstract—Chemotherapy is used to treat cancer by killing malignant cells
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