Textbook Chapter 20

Question 1

Anemia

Answer 1

Decreased hemoglobin commonly resulting from anorexia and decreased food intake, chronic bleeding with iron loss, and bone marrow depression.

Question 2

Antineoplastic

Answer 2

Antineoplastic drugs are medications used to treat cancer. Other names for antineoplastic drugs are anticancer, chemotherapy, chemo, cytotoxic, or hazardous drugs. These drugs come in many forms, including liquids or pills.

Question 3

Atypical

Answer 3

Abnormal or immature cells

Question 4

Biopsy

Answer 4

Examinations used to evaluate suspicious masses

Question 5

Chromosomes

Answer 5

a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.

Question 6

Cytologic

Answer 6

Cytologic is the exam of a single cell type, as often found in fluid specimens. It’s mainly used to diagnose or screen for cancer.

Question 7

Differentiatioin

Answer 7

Processes by which immature cells become mature cells with specific functions

Question 8

Genomic Tumor Assessment

Answer 8

Identifies genetic mutations that are independent of heredity but only occur with the disease itself

Question 9

Infiltrate

Answer 9

Cancer that has spread beyond the layer of tissue in which it developed and is growing into surrounding, healthy tissues

Question 10

Metastisis

Answer 10

Spread to distant sites by blood or lymphatic channels

Question 11

Micrometasteses

Answer 11

A metastatic tumor that is too small to be identified in a scan.

Question 12

Nadir

Answer 12

Point of the lowest cell count. If count is too low, treatment may need to be postpones, and antibiotics or hospitalization may be required

Question 13

Oncology

Answer 13

Deals with the study of cancer, including diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

Question 14

Palliative

Answer 14

Intended to reduce the manifestations and complications related to the cancer and to prolong life. Ex. decreasing the size of a tumor may decrease pressure on a nerve relieving pain

Question 15

Pneumonia

Answer 15

Pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs.

Question 16

Prognosis

Answer 16

The likely course of a disease or ailment

Question 17

Prophylactic

Answer 17

Preventative treatment

Question 18

Radiofrequency Ablation

Answer 18

Alternative to surgery for small single tumors in the lungs or liver. Less invasive, easier for patient to tolerate, and does no require entire loss of the lobe.

Question 19

Radiosotopes

Answer 19

May be used during procedure to trace metabolic pathways and assess function

Question 20

Recurrence

Answer 20

Cancer that has recurred (come back), usually after a period of time during which the cancer could not be detected.

Question 21

Remission

Answer 21

No clinical signs, signs and symptoms of cancer are reduced

Question 22

Seeding

Answer 22

The spread of cancer cells in body fluids or along membranes

Question 23

Thrombocytopenia

Answer 23

Thrombocytopenia means you have fewer than 150,000 platelets per microliter of circulating blood

Question 24

Total Parenteral Nutrition

Answer 24

Administration of nutrient mixture directly into a peripheral vein

Question 25

Leukopenia

Answer 25

Leukopenia is a condition where the body doesn’t have enough disease-fighting leukocytes in the blood.

Question 26

Benign Tumors

Answer 26

Relatively normal cells, slow expanding, frequently encapsulated, rare systemic effects, and only life threatening in certain locations such as the brain

Question 27

Malignant Tumors

Answer 27

Abnormal cells with irregular shape with large nuclei, rapid growth, no capsule and infiltrate tissue or metastasizes to distant sites through blood or lymph vessels.