Cancer screening Flashcards
what are some good cancer screening questions to ask
-have you noticed any recent complications with cuts, scrapes such as localized tenderness, oozing, heat swelling or slow healing?
-have you noticed that you bruise easily?
-are there any recent changes in your skin that you have noticed like skin color., moles, irritation, rashes, dryness?
what are some cancer risk factors
-previous history of CA
-smoking
-age >50 and < 20
-environmental/social
-night pain
-recent weight loss
-painless neuro deficits
-prox weakness
-pain of unknown cause
-pts who have failed PT
what are some general concerns that could indicate cancer
-insidious
-atypical pain pattern
-bilat symptoms
-inability to alter symptoms
-atypical findings
what are the most common sites of bone metastases
verebtrae,,,
mostly thoracic and then lumbar
is cancer painful
not always
depends on:
location, type, stage, size
what is the onset for systemic and MSK pain
systemic: recent, insidious
MSK: sudden, gradual
what is the duration for systemic pain
constant
what is the pattern of system and MSK pain
systemic: not changeable
MSK: atlered by motion
what is the decreasing factors for systemic and MSK pain
systemic: organ dependent
MSK: rest, modalities
what are the associated symptoms for systemic vs MSK pain
systemic: bilat sxs, painless prox weakness, fever
MSK: seldom except w trigger points
what do infected lymph nodes look like
-firm
-tender
-enlarrged and warm
-inflammation spread to overlying skin which causes it to be red
what do lymph nodes with malignancy tend to look like
-firm
-non tender
-fixed
-increase in size over time
