Ch. 8, 18, 24, 48, 62 Flashcards
screening/warnings signs of cancer (hint: acronym)
CAUTION
- changes in bowel or bladder habits (ribboning, painless bleeding)
- a sore that does not heal (anywhere on the body)
- unusual bleeding or discharge (leaking nipples, vaginal bleeding post-menopause, bleeding butt)
- thickening or lump in the breast or elsewhere
- indigestion or difficulty swallowing
- obvious change in a wart or mole (melanoma)
- nagging cough or hoarseness
lung cancer: etiology and genetic risk
- nonsmokers exposed to secondhand (live in same house) or thirdhand (smoke on clothes, carpet, walls) smoke have risk
- chronic exposure to chemicals and inhalants (factory worker)
- sometimes occurs in adults who never smoked, esp. women
- smokers: 80-90% risk
- no real genetic risk
leading cause of death in cancer (type of cancer)
lung cancer
- easily metastasis
lung cancer: health promotion
- not smoking/smoking cessation
- avoiding smoking, pollutants, airway irritants
lung cancer: assessment
- history: smoker? how long?
- pulmonary: early on: nagging cough, no pain in beginning
- psychosocial
- screening (ACS)
lung cancer: interventions
- chemotherapy
- radiation
- surgical: take out tumor, chunk of lung, whole lung
lung cancer screening
- high risk individuals (long smoking history)
-yearly low dose CT scan
-for surveillance because such a high prevalence in smokers
lung cancer: surgical management
- lobectomy
- pneumonectomy
- segmentectomy
- wedge resection
- wound mangement
- deep breathing, coughing
- promoting mobility
lobectomy definition
removal of one lobe
- may have chest tube in place
pneumonectomy definition
removal of the entire lung
segmentectomy definition
removal of a segment of the lobe
wedge resection definition
removal of triangle-shaped slice of tissue
breast cancer can be
invasive or noninvasive
the key to effective treatment and survival of breast cancer is
early detection
most common sites of metastasis for breast cancer
- bone
- lungs
- brain
- liver
invasive breast cancers include
- invasive ductal carcinoma
- inflammatory breast cancer (IBC)
invasive ductal carcinoma
- originates in mammary ducts and break through wall of ducts into surrounding lymph nodes and tissue
- fibrosis develops around the cancer
- no pain
inflammatory breast cancer (IBC)
- diffuse erythema (redness on skin)
- pain; rapidly growing breast lump; breast itching
- peau d’orange
most common type of breast cancer
infiltrating/invasive ductal carcinoma
can breast cancer happen in men?
yes- men and women
complications of breast cancer
- peau d’orange: skin of the orange; ominous s/ for breast cancer. orange skin, puckering; inverted nipple
- lymphatic nodes
breast cancer: etiology and genetic risk
- increased age
- family and genetic history: blood relatives only
- early onset menarche, late onset menopause
- postmenopausal obesity (fat tissue makes more estrogen)
- physical inactivity
- use of combination postmenopausal HRT
- mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene: genetic testing can infer this
- exposure to hormones
- nulliparous (no kids, think nuns)
- kids late in life
breast cancer health promotion
- breast self exams/awareness (concentric circles, shower, after period- less tender, swollen, lumpy); if feel something- get clinical exam and mammogram
- clinical breast exams (provider palpation exam)
- mammograms (ultrasound too sometimes)
mammogram screenings
women
age 40-44: recommended to start screening every year
age 45-54: should get mammograms every year
age 55+: can switch to every other year or can choose to continue yearly, continue screenings as long as in good health and is expected to live 10+ years
- educate women on advantages vs disadvantages of breast screening techniques
breast self exams (BSE)
- monthly self-breast exam (BSE) is less emphasized as a screening tool than in the past
- recommended to increase breast self-awareness
- per the american cancer society (2017): all women should be familiar with how their breasts normally look and feel and report any changes to a health care provider right away
breast cancer assessment
- history
- physical exam: have patient sit up right, with hands out
- psychosocial: body image
- most cancer found in upper outter quadrant: tail of spence
breast cancer: Nursing considerations
- no blood pressure, IVs, injections on side where mastectomy was (DON’T USE AFFECTED SIDE)
- look at surgical site
- elevate affected side
- on drains- monitor drainage (serous or serosanganous, no purulent or increase in drainage)
- pain is expected
- complication of surgical breast cancer intervention: lymphedema (big swelling on affected arm; compression sleeve)
- hand pumps in bed to promote mobility
breast cancer interventions
- surgical
- nonsurgical
- breast reconstruction
- prophylactic mastectomy: removal of breast infected with cancer
breast cancer surgical management
lobectomy, mastectomy
colorectal cancer is cancer of the
cancer of the colon and rectum (the large intestine)
most colorectal cancers are
adenocarcinomas
colorectal cancer: risk factors
- age > 50 years
- genetic predisposition
- personal/family history of cancer
- diseases that predispose the patient to cancer
- smoking
- obesity
- physical inactivity
- heavy alcohol consumption
- low-fiber diet
- high-fat diet (bacon, processed meats)
polyps
- found in the colon
- risk of cancer- can progress to cancer
- sessile: polyp mountain
- pedunculated: polyp stalk
- these can be removed by the doctor and then the patient doesn’t have cancer risk anymore
colorectal cancer: health promotion and maintenance
- genetic testing for those with family members with CRC
- encourage diagnostic screening
- modify diet: high fiber
- stop smoking and drinking: moderate alc intake
- exercise: increase PA
colorectal cancer comes in forms of
- form polyps
- malignant tumors
- adenocarcinomans
adenocarcinomas
- tumors that arise from the glandular epithelial tissue in the colon
complications from colorectal cancer
- bowel obstruction
- perforation
- blood vessel invasion
- pressure on urinary bladder, uterus: urgency/fullness of bladder
colorectal cancer assessment
- history: ribbon stool
- physical exam:
- psychosocial
- screening (ACS)
colorectal cancer screening
men and women age 45
- colonoscopy every 10 years
-if polyps found + removed, come back in 5 years
-no polyps, come back in 10 years
- fecal occult blood yearly: guiac (does not mean have cancer, means that you have blood in stool)
colorectal cancer diagnostics
- CT
- sigmoidoscopy
- colonoscopy
colorectal cancer interventions
- colon resection
- during colonoscopy: pop the polyps off
- colostomy bag
- radiation
- chemotherapy
ascending colonscopy
done for right sided tumors
transverse (double-barrel) colonoscopy
often used in emergencies as intestinal obstruction for perforation because it can be created quickly. there are 2 stomas. the proximal one, closest to the small intestine, drains feces. the distal stoma drains mucus
descending colonoscopy
done for left sided tumors
sigmoid colonoscopy
done for rectal tumors