Treatments

Question 1

What are some SE for chemo?

Answer 1

GI and hair distruption, nausea, immune supression, renal problems, fatigue, anorexia

Question 2

What are the SE for radiotherapy?

Answer 2

inflammation early on: skin changes, fatigue, diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting
fibrosis later: lymphoedema, fertility, jaw stiffness, malignancy

Question 3

What are some early SE of radiotherapy?

Answer 3

nausea, vomiting, anorexia, mucositis, oesophagitis, diarrhoea

Question 4

What are late SE of radiotherapy?

Answer 4

Fibrosis:

- infertility, stiff jaw, hearing changes, difficulty swallowing, increases risk of malignancy

Question 5

What are the 3 types of systemic anticancer treatment?

Answer 5

cytotoxic chemotherapy
hormone therapy
molecularly targeted therapy

Question 6

What are the early SE of chemo?

Answer 6

immune suppression, alopecia, nausea, renal impairment, constipation/diarrhoea, fatigue, anorexia

Question 7

What are the late SE of chemo?

Answer 7

peripheral neuropathy, infertility, heart failure