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Bevacizumab (Avastin)
Lung cancer is a health risk to.....
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Non-smoking adults and children
What objective data do you need to assess?
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Fever, Lymphadenopathy, paraneoplastic syndrome, jaundice, edema,
clubbing, adventitious lung sounds, pleural effusions.
With small cell lung cancer we already know they are what?
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bad off!!! They get radiation and chemotherapy. No reason to stage them.
Clinical manifestations of Lung cancer:
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Pneumonitis
Persistent cough with sputum (most common)
Hemoptysis
Dyspnea
Wheezing
chest pain
Planning: Overall goals for cancer:
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-Effective breathing pattern
-Adequate airway clearance
-Adequate oxygenation of tissues
, -Minimal to no pain
-Realistic attitude about treatment and prognosis
Later manifestations of lung cancer:
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Anorexia, fatigue, weight loss
nausea/vomiting
hoarseness- if tumor is high enough in the airway
unilateral paralysis of diaphragm
dysphagia-if large and bulky enough
superior vena cava obstruction
Palpable lymph nodes
Mediastinal lymph involvement: seen in x-ray, CAT scan, PET scan.
Chronic cough
hemoptysis
Wheezing- air moving by atumor in the bronchi
Lung cancer appears :
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symptoms appear late in disease: May be masked by chronic cough. It all
depend on the type of primary lung cancer, location, and metastatic
spread.
Stage 1=
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