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Brain Cancer Risk Factors
- Radiation Exposure, 45-65 y/o, family history
Clinical Manifestations
- Headache, dizziness/loss of balance, lethargy
- Difficulty speaking/thinking, nausea/vomiting
- Head tilt: common in Children
Evaluation/Treatment
- Screening: Neuron exam/imaging
- Diagnosis: Biopsy
- Treatment: Surgery, Chemo, Radiation
, Stomach Cancer Risk Factors
- H. pylori
- Working with rubber, tobacco use, dietary risks
- Gastric surgery: hereditary
Clinical Manifestations
- Early: Chronic dyspepsia (Acid Reflux), abdominal
discomfort, epigastric/back/retrosternal pain
Late: nausea/vomiting, iron deficiency (anemia),
palpable gastric mass, enlarged lymph nodes
Evaluation/Treatment
- Screening: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
- Diagnosis: Biopsy
- Treatment: Gastrectomy vs. Palliative Resection
- Chemo/Radiation
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Complication if cancer, but can occur with any
compression
- Compression of SVC blocking veinous flow from
head, neck, and truck to heart
Clinical Manifestations
- Early: Periorbital/Facial Edema
- Progressive: Engorged blood vessels, Peripheral
Edema
- Late: Cyanosis, mental status change,
hypotension, decreased cardiac output
- Stridor: gasping for air
Evaluation/Treatment
- Diagnose with CT or MRI
- Tremor debunking, stating, anti-thrombotics
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Terms in this set (16)
Brain Cancer Risk Factors
- Radiation Exposure, 45-65 y/o, family history
Clinical Manifestations
- Headache, dizziness/loss of balance, lethargy
- Difficulty speaking/thinking, nausea/vomiting
- Head tilt: common in Children
Evaluation/Treatment
- Screening: Neuron exam/imaging
- Diagnosis: Biopsy
- Treatment: Surgery, Chemo, Radiation
, Stomach Cancer Risk Factors
- H. pylori
- Working with rubber, tobacco use, dietary risks
- Gastric surgery: hereditary
Clinical Manifestations
- Early: Chronic dyspepsia (Acid Reflux), abdominal
discomfort, epigastric/back/retrosternal pain
Late: nausea/vomiting, iron deficiency (anemia),
palpable gastric mass, enlarged lymph nodes
Evaluation/Treatment
- Screening: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
- Diagnosis: Biopsy
- Treatment: Gastrectomy vs. Palliative Resection
- Chemo/Radiation
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Complication if cancer, but can occur with any
compression
- Compression of SVC blocking veinous flow from
head, neck, and truck to heart
Clinical Manifestations
- Early: Periorbital/Facial Edema
- Progressive: Engorged blood vessels, Peripheral
Edema
- Late: Cyanosis, mental status change,
hypotension, decreased cardiac output
- Stridor: gasping for air
Evaluation/Treatment
- Diagnose with CT or MRI
- Tremor debunking, stating, anti-thrombotics
