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cancer about - umbrella term
- uncontrolled malignant cell growth
- PTs can help them achieve health and good QoL
- our prescribed exercises can help reduce risk of
cancer
cancer and indigenous Australians - different patterns of cancer incidence to non-
indigenous
- high incidence of preventable and more fatal
cancers
- more likely dx at a later stage
- less likely to receive optimal treatment
TNM staging system - T (tumor) iindindicates depth of tumor invasion
(how far it has spread)
- N (nodes) indicates whether lymph nodes near
the bladder are affected
- M (metastasis) indicates whether spread to other
parts of body
,M part of TNM staging - M1 = spread to other organs or lymph nodes not
near bladder
- M0 = no sign of cancer spreading to other parts
of body
cancer grading - 1 = cancer cells look a little different t from normal
cells, slow growing
- 2 = cells do not look like normal cells and grow
faster than grade 1 cancer cells
- 3 = cells look very different from normal cells and
are fast growing
Sx for cancer: reasons for it q - dx or staging
- primary treatment
- combination treatment
- palliative Sx
** know whether it is open or closed Sx
chemo - cytotoxic agents to eradicate micro-metastites
and treat dx
- target rapidly dividing cells
chemo side effects include - nausea
- fatigue
- hair loss
- weight gain or loss
- cytopenia
- mouth ulcers and infections
- more.
, radiotherapy side effects 9nidluce - fatigue
- lymphodema
- loss of apetite
- nausea
- dental problems
- neurologica
- resp
- cardiac
- msk
- more
hormonal therapies and - manipulation of endocrine system by drugs
immunotherapy inhibiting production or activity
- may be combined with Sx
- immunotherapy: harnessing immune system
immune therapy examples - monoclonal antibodies
- T cell transfer
- vaccines that boost body immune response to
cancer cells
- immune system modulators
**also used for other dx including asthma
cancer symptoms and their impact
PT and cancer in different practices
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Terms in this set (571)
cancer about - umbrella term
- uncontrolled malignant cell growth
- PTs can help them achieve health and good QoL
- our prescribed exercises can help reduce risk of
cancer
cancer and indigenous Australians - different patterns of cancer incidence to non-
indigenous
- high incidence of preventable and more fatal
cancers
- more likely dx at a later stage
- less likely to receive optimal treatment
TNM staging system - T (tumor) iindindicates depth of tumor invasion
(how far it has spread)
- N (nodes) indicates whether lymph nodes near
the bladder are affected
- M (metastasis) indicates whether spread to other
parts of body
,M part of TNM staging - M1 = spread to other organs or lymph nodes not
near bladder
- M0 = no sign of cancer spreading to other parts
of body
cancer grading - 1 = cancer cells look a little different t from normal
cells, slow growing
- 2 = cells do not look like normal cells and grow
faster than grade 1 cancer cells
- 3 = cells look very different from normal cells and
are fast growing
Sx for cancer: reasons for it q - dx or staging
- primary treatment
- combination treatment
- palliative Sx
** know whether it is open or closed Sx
chemo - cytotoxic agents to eradicate micro-metastites
and treat dx
- target rapidly dividing cells
chemo side effects include - nausea
- fatigue
- hair loss
- weight gain or loss
- cytopenia
- mouth ulcers and infections
- more.
, radiotherapy side effects 9nidluce - fatigue
- lymphodema
- loss of apetite
- nausea
- dental problems
- neurologica
- resp
- cardiac
- msk
- more
hormonal therapies and - manipulation of endocrine system by drugs
immunotherapy inhibiting production or activity
- may be combined with Sx
- immunotherapy: harnessing immune system
immune therapy examples - monoclonal antibodies
- T cell transfer
- vaccines that boost body immune response to
cancer cells
- immune system modulators
**also used for other dx including asthma
cancer symptoms and their impact
PT and cancer in different practices
