What percentage of cancer patients lose weight?
2/3
Typical first symptom of cancer?
Weight loss
How long before unhealed ulcer may indicate cancer?
2-3 weeks
What does CAUTION stand for?
- change Bladder/Bowel
- a sore does not heal
- unusual bleeding
- Thickening swelling lump
- Indigestion, diff swallowing
- Obvious change wart mole
- Nagging cough or hoarseness
What is cachexia?
wasting syndrome
What are weight loss indicators for cancer? what percent and for how long?
5% for 6 months
Common site of metastasis?
Lymph
What indicates cancer nearby..metastasis?
Enlarged lymph
Hypercalcemia or bone pain may indicate?
Spread of cancer to bones
The second most common site for cancer to spread?
Lungs
The most common site for blood-borne cancer to spread?
Liver
Difference between Incisional and excision biopsy?
small tissue versus entire tissue
Staging is based on what?
TNM scores
Staging expresses what?
How much cancer has grown and spread
What is anaplastic cancer?
Little differentiation of cells -very dangerous!
Grading determines what?
Well differentiated versus Poorly differentiated
Stage II and III indicate cancers are…?
Locally advanced and/or with involvement of local lymph nodes
What is molecular staging?
Tests on biopsy of tissue indicating proper tx choice
________responds better to hormone mgmt than _______ in breast cancers?
a) ER+ and PR+
b) ER- and PR-
ER+ & PR+ than ER- and PR-
What does TNM stand for?
Tumor / Node / Metastic spread
What is P53?
A Tumor suppressor gene