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clinical signs and symptoms Flashcards

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what is dysphagia

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difficulty swallowing -> seen in oesophageal cancer

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what is haematemesis

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vomiting blood -> seen in stomach cancer

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what is haemoptysis

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coughing blood -> seen in lung cancer

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what is melaena

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blood in stool -> seen in stomach and upper GI tract cancer

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what is haematuria

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blood in urine -> seen in kidney or urinary cancer

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what is jaundice

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yellowish discolouration of skin -> seen in liver/ pancreatic cancer

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what is ascites

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collection of fluid in abdominal cavity -> seen in liver or ovarian cancer or any cancer with metastases

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what is menorrhagia

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heavy periods -> seen in uterine cancer

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what is hemiplegia

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paralysis of one half of the body -> seen in brain cancer

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what is hemianopia

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blindness in half the eye -> seen in pituitary cancer

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what are the clinical signs and symptoms for lung cancer

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  1. deranged function
  2. difficulty breathing (dyspnoea)
  3. unresolved cough
  4. coughing of blood
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symptoms of cancer cachexia

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  1. severe weight loss
  2. loss of appetite
  3. nausea
  4. weakness and fatigue
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what does the SOCRATES acronym for taking patient history stand for

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Site
Onset
Character
Radiation
Association
Time course
Exacerbating/ relieving factors
Severity

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what can undescended testes in the past history indicate

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testicular cancer

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what can early menarche/late menopause in the past history indicate

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breast/uterine cancers

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what can nulliparity in the past history indicate

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some ovarian/ uterine cancers

17
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what can obesity in the past history indicate

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various cancers

18
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what can infections such as H. pylori in the past history indicate

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stomach cancer

19
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what can infections such as Schistosomiasis in the past history indicate

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bladder cancers

20
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what cancers are related to alcohol

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liver, breast, bowel

21
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what cancers are related to HRT

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endometrial and breast

22
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what cancers are related to di-ethyl stilbestrol

23
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what cancers are related to radiation

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second cancers (e.g. leukemias)

24
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what cancers are related to the dye industry

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urinary and bladder

25
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what cancers are related to mining and ship building (asbestos exposure)

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mesothelioma (cancer of lining of lung) and lung

26
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what cancers are related to wood dust exposure

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nasopharyngeal

27
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what cancers are related to plastic manufacturing

28
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characteristics of a malignant breast lump

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  1. irregular outline
  2. hard
  3. fixed to chest wall
  4. swelling
29
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characteristics of a benign breast lump

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  1. smooth outline
  2. soft
  3. mobile
  4. not likely to be swollen

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