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Define Growth Factor

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Proportion of cells in a tumor actively involved in cell division

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Define Generation Time

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Length of a cell cycle

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Define Resting Phase

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Cells do not engage in synthetic activity

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Cell Cycle Specific Chemotherapy Mode of Action

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Kills in specific phase of cell cycle

Useful in tumors with high growth index

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Cell Cycle Non-specific Chemotherapy Mod of Action

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Kills in all phases

Useful in tumors with low growth index

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Which part of the cell cycle does Nitrosoureas act on?

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G0 State

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Which part of the cycle does Asparaginase & Actinomycin D act on?

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G1

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Which medications act on the S phase of the cell cycle?

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Antimetabolites
Antifolates
Antipyrimidines
Antipurines

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Which part of the cell cycle does Bleomycin act on?

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G2

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Which part of the cell cycle does Vinca alkaloids act on?

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Mitosis

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Which medications are phase non-specific?

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Alkylating agents
Antitumor antibiotics
Other (cisplatin)

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What are the 3 modalities for treatment of cancer?

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Surgery: definitive, staging, palliative
Chemotherapy: IV vs. oral, neoadjuvent vs. adjuvent
Radiation: definitive, salvage, palliative

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Define Definitive

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Treatment plan that has been chosen as the best one for the patient after all other choices have been considered

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Define Palliative

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Relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease without producing a cure

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Means of Administering Systemic Chemotherapy

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Intravenously
Injection
Intraperitoneal
Orally
Topically
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What are the classes of chemotherapy drugs?

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Alkylating agents
Antimetabolites
Mitotic inhibitors
Anthracyclines
Topoisomerase inhibitors
Miscellaneous
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MOA of Alkylating Agents

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Directly damage DNA to keep the cell from reproducing

Work in ALL phases of cell cycle

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What types of cancers are treated with alkylating agents?

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Leukemia
Lymphoma
Hodgkin's disease
Multiple myeloma
Sarcoma
Lung
Breast
Ovarian
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Alkylating Agent Primary Toxicities

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N/V
Myelosuppression
Alopecia

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Classes of Alkylating Agents

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Nitrogen mustards
Platinum analogs
Tiazenes
Miscellaneous

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Nitrogen Mustards Medications (Alkylating Agents)

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Mechlorethamine (nitrogen mustard)
Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan)
Ifosfamide (Ifex)

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Cyclphosphamide (Cytoxan) SE

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Hemorrhagic Cystitis

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Hemorrhagic Cystitis

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May shed large segments of bladder mucosa
May lead to urinary obstruction
Concentrated urine may cause severe bladder damage
Increase fluid intake before & after infusion & empty bladder frequently

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Platinum Analogues Medications (Alkylating Agents)

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Carboplatin (Paraplatin)
Cistplatin (Platinol)
Oxaliplatin (Eloxatin)

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Cisplatin (Platinol) SE

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Nephrotoxicity
Neurotoxicity
Ototoxicity

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What labs do you need to follow with cisplatin?

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CBC

CMP

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Ways to Prevent Nephrotoxicity with Cisplatin

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Vigorously hydrated prior, during, & after administration
Amifostine

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Ways to Preven Neurotoxicity with Cisplatin

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Amifostine

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What cancer is there a possibility of developing with the use of alkylating agents?

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Leukemia: due to damaged DNA, can cause long-term damage to the bone marrow

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MOA of Antimetabolites

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Interfere with DNA & RNA growth by substituting for the normal building blocks of RNA & DNA
Damage during the S phase

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What are antimetabolites used to treat?

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Leukemias
Breast CA
Ovarian CA
Intestinal tract CA

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Primary Antimetabolite Toxicities

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Myelosuppression
N/V
Mucositis
Dermatologic (rash, injection site reaction, dermatitis, pruritis)

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Classes of Antimetabolites

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Folate antagonists
Purine analogs
Pyrimidine analogs

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Folate Antagonist Medication

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Methotrexate (MTX, Trexall)

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Purine Analog Medication

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Mercaptopurine (6-MP, Purinethol)

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Pyrimidine Analog Medications

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Fluorouracil (5-FU)

Gemcitabine (Gemzar)

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Methotrexate (MTX; Trexall) Toxicity

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Myelosuppression
Mucositis
Damage to liver & kidney

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38
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What medication can help reverse the toxic effects of MTX?

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Leucovorin

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39
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Methotrexate (MTX; Trexall) & Effusions

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Methotrexate will go into the effusions and leak out continuously exposing normal tissue to the drug

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What can help prevent crystallization of the urine in methotrexate use?

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Vigorous hydration & bicarbonate

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Drugs that may impair methotrexate (MTX) excretion

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ASA
NSAIDs
Amiodorone
Omeprazole
PCN
Phenytoin
Sulfa compounds
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MOA of Mitotic Inhibitors

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Altering the DNA inside cancer cells to keep them from growing & multiplying
Stops mitosis from happening

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What are mitotic inhibitors also known as?

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Anti-tumor antibiotics

Antimicrotubules

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Classes of Mitotic Inhibitors

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Vinca Alkaloids
Taxanes
Epothilone
Antracyclines

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Mitotic Inhibitor Toxicities

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Myelosuppression
Anaphylactic reactions
Peripheral neuropathy

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Types of Cancer Mitotic Inhibitors Treat

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Breast
Lung
Myelomas
Lymphomas
Leukemias
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Taxane Medications

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Paclitaxel (Taxol)

Docetaxel (Taxotere)

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Epothilone Medications

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Ixabepilone (Ixempra)

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Vinca Alkaloid Medications

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Vinblastine (Velban)
Vincristine (Oncovin)
Vinorelbine (Navelbine)

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Where do the Vinca Alkaloids act?

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Interfere with M phase

51
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Vincristine (Oncovin) SE

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Neuropathy: paresthesias in fingers and toes; distal to proximal; constipation

52
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Anthracyclines Medication

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Daunorubicin (Cerubidine)
Doxorubicin (Adriamycin)
Idarubicin
Epirubicin

53
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Anthracyclines SE

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Cardiotoxicity: systolic CHF; acute, subacute, late

54
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Risk Factors for Cardiotoxicity

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High cumulative dose
Age >70
Previous/current chest radiation
Cardiac disease

55
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Scan to determine ejection fraction with anthracyclines

56
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MOA of Topoisomerase Inhibitors

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Interfere with topoisomerases

Help separate strands of DNA to be copied in the S phase

57
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Topoisomerase I Inhibitor Medications

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Topoisomerase II Inhibitor Medications

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Topoisomerase Inhibitors Treat Which Cancers

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Leukemias
Lung
Ovarian
Gastrointestinal

60
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Topoisomerase Inhibitors SE

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Myelosuppression
Alopecia
GI toxicity

61
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What medications can increase the risk of a second cancer (AML)?

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Topoisomerase II inhibitors

62
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Examples of Miscellaneous Agents

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Actinomycin-D

Bleomycin

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Bleomycin (Blenoxane) SE

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Edema of interphalangeal joints
Hardening of the skin on the palms & soles
Anaphylactic or serum sickness 
Pulmonary fibrosis
Hypotensive reaction
64
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What to watch for with pulmonary fibrosis?

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Cough
Dyspnea
Infiltrates

65
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What are targeted therapies?

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Newer drugs that attack cancer cells more specifically than traditional chemotherapy drugs

66
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Targeted therapies are most effective in what cancers?

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Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Leukemia
Lung CA
Breast CA

67
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Example of Targeted Therapy

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Imatinib (Gleevec)

68
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MOA of Differentiating Agents

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Act on the cancer cells to make them mature into normal cells

69
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Examples of Differentiating Agents

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Retinoids, tretinoin (ATRA or Atralin)
Bexarotene (Targretin)
Arsenic trioxide (Arsenox)

70
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MOA of Hormone Therapy

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Change the action or production of female or male hormones

Making the cancer cells unable to use the hormone needed to grow

71
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Classes of Hormone Therapy

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Anti-estrogens
Aromatase inhibitors
Progestins
Estrogens
Anti-androgens
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
72
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Example of Anti-Estrogen Agent

73
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Example of Aromatase Inhibitors

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Anastrozole (Arimidex)

74
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Example of Anti-Androgen

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Bicalutamide (Casodex)

75
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Example of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone

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leuprolide (Lupron)

76
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Types of Immunotherapy

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Active immunotherapy

Passive immunotherapy

77
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Define Active Immunotherapy

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Stimulate the body’s own immune system to fight the disease

78
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Define Passive Immunotherapy

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Doesn’t rely on the body to attack the disease

Man made monoclonal antibodies

79
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Define Checkpoint Inhibitor

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New monoclonal antibody that works by blocking the signal that cancer cells send out telling the immune system not to attack
Allows immune system to recognize the tumor

80
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Cancers that Respond to Immunotherapy

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Melanoma
Kidney CA
Lung CA

81
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Examples of Active Immunotherapy

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Rituximab (Rituxan)

BCG

82
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Define Chemotherapy Cycle

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Involves a dose of one or more drugs followed by several days or weeks without treatment

83
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Why are chemotherapy cycles separated by a certain amount of days?

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Allow normal cells time to recover from drug SE

84
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Define Adjuvent Chemotherapy

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Set course given to patients with no evidence of disease after surgery or radiation

85
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Define Neoadjuvent Chemotherapy

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Aims at eradicating micrometastatic disease or reduce inoperable disease

86
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Define Induction Chemotherapy

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Combination chemotherapy given in high dose to cause a remission

87
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Define Maintenance Chemotherapy

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Long term, low dose regimen given in remission

Helps to maintain remission

88
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Define Ionizing Radiation

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Production of free hydrogen ions & hydroxyl radicals

89
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Acute Toxicities of Skin Radiation

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Erythema
Dry desquamation
Moist desquamation

90
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Subacute Toxicity of Skin Radiation

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Hyperpigmentation

91
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Late Toxicities of Skin Radiation

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Hypopigmentation in the treatment field
Telangiectasis (spider veins)
Fibrosis

92
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Acute Toxicities of Brain Radiation

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Fatigue
Hair loss
Erythema of the skin
Desquamation

93
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Late Toxicities of Brain Radiation

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Cognitive dysfunction
Edema
Necrosis

94
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Acute Toxicities of Head/Neck Radiation

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Mucositis
Taste dysfunction
Pain
Xerostomia

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Signs/Symptoms of Mucositis

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Odynophagia
Dehydration
Weight loss

96
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Late Toxicities of Head/Neck Radiation

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Permanent xerostomia
Soft tissue fibrosis
Osteoradionecrosis of the mandible
Dysphagia
Pharyngeal stricture
97
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Acute (Common & Temporary) Toxicities of Breast Radiation

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Skin Redness
Dry desquamation
Moist desquamation
Pain: OTC analgesics, narcotics
Fatigue
98
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Late (Uncommon & Permanent) Toxicities of Breast Radiation

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Fibrosis
Hyperpigmentation
Cosmetic failure
Rib fracture (rare)
Pneumonia (rare)
Cardiac (rare)
Secondary malignancies (rare)
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Acute Toxicities of Lung Radiation

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Esophagitis
Cough
Skin Reaction
Fatigue

100
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Ways to Treat Esophagitis

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Mucosal anesthetics
Agents that coat the surface
Liquid analgesics

101
Q

Ways to Treat Cough as a Toxicity of Lung Radiation

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Antitussives with or without codeine
Bed rest
Bronchodilators
Corticosteroids

102
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Late Toxicities of Lung Radiation

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Radiation pneumonitis
Pulmonary fibrosis
Esophageal stricture
Brachial plexopathy

103
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Acute Toxicities of Esophageal Radiation

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Esophagitis
Modest skin tanning
Fatigue
Weight loss
Diarrhea
N/V
104
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Late Toxicities of Esophageal Radiation

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Esophageal stricture & stenosis
Perforation
Pneumonitis

105
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What percentage of patients develop esophageal stricture & stenosis in esophageal radiation treatment?

106
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Signs/Symptoms of Esophageal Perforation

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Substernal chest pain
Elevated pulse
Fever
Hemorrhage

107
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Acute Toxicities of Abdominal, Stomach, Pancreas, or Hepatobiliary Radiation

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Dyspepsia: PPI
Anorexia
Nausea: prophylactic zofran
Fatigue

108
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Late Toxicities of Abdominal, Stomach, Pancreas, or Hepatobiliary Radiation

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Bowel obstruction
Worsening DM secondary to worsening pancreatic function
Liver/Kidney issues

109
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Acute Toxicities of Pelvic Radiation

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Diarrhea
Rectal irritation
Urinary symptoms
Fatigue

110
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Medications to Treat Diarrhea

A

Imodium

Lomotil

111
Q

Signs/Symptoms of Rectal Irritation in Pelvic Radiation

A

Pain

Bleeding

112
Q

Urinary Symptoms with Pelvic Radiation

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Frequency/urgency
Dysuria
Nocturia
Retention

113
Q

Late Toxicities of Pelvic Radiation

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Persistent urinary symptoms
Bowel changes
Erectile dysfunction

114
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Persistent Urinary Symptoms in Pelvic Radiation

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Frequency
Nocturia
Incontinence with stress

115
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Bowel Changes in Pelvic Radiation

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Loose stools

116
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Acute Toxicities of Anal Radiation

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Skin reactions: dry or moist desquamation
Leukopenia
Thrombocytopenia
Proctitis
Diarrhea
Cystitis
117
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Subacute & Late Toxicities of Anal Radiation

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Chronic diarrhea
Rectal urgency
Sterility
Impotence
Vaginal dryness
Vaginal fibrosis
Possible decreased testosterone
118
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Toxicities of GYN Radiation

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Cystitis
Proctitis
Fistula: rectovaginal, vesicovaginal
Vaginal ulceration or necrosis
Vaginal stenosis
Skin reactions
119
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What is the only systemic toxicity with radiation?

120
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What is degree of damage dependent on?

A

Types of radiation used
Total dose administered
Field size/fractionation

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