AG2-Blood cancers

Question 1

How is Hodgkin’s lymphoma characterized?

Answer 1

proliferation of abnormal, giant, multinucleated cells called Reed-Sternberg cells, which are located in lymph nodes.

Question 2

Risk factors for Hodgkin’s lymphoma?

Answer 2

Epstein-Barr virus (mono), genetics, exposure to occupational toxins

Question 3

Manifestations of early disease Hodgkin’s?

Answer 3

painless enlargement of cervical, axillary, or inguinal lymph nodes. Weight loss, fever, night sweats, generalized pruritis w/o skin lesions, cough, dyspnea, stridor, and dysphagia.

Question 4

Symptoms of advanced disease Hodgkin’s?

Answer 4

hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, anemia, superior vena cava syndrome, enlarged retroperitoneal nodes, jaundice, spinal cord compression.

Question 5

Leukemia risk factors?

Answer 5

Genetic and environmental

Question 6

What is multiple myeloma?

Answer 6

condition in which neoplastic plasma cells infiltrate the bone marrow and destroy bone

Question 7

Why do patients with leukemia have to take extra precautions against infection?

Answer 7

Leukemia causes bone marrow failure, leading to a decrease in the number and function of WBCs. As a result, the immune defenses are decreased.

Question 8

What do neutropenic precautions include?

Answer 8

private room, no fresh fruits or vegetables, no live plants or fresh flowers, daily CBCs, frequent handwashing by all visitors, patient wearing mask when outside of the room