NUR 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Precision Medicine, Metastasis, Palliative Care
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Cancer: large group of disorders with different causes, manifestations, treatments and prognosis, evolve in any organ system and treatments have multisystem effects, precision medicine, human genome sequencing, can identify unique characteristics of a person, tumor. Treatment modalities: multiple modalities commonly used in cancer treatment, surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hematopoietic stem cell transplant (hsct, targeted therapy. 2: diagnostic (biopsy, primary treatment, prophylactic, palliative, reconstructive, nursing management, perioperative care, individualized according to age, organ involved, comorbidities, assess patient responses to surgery, monitor for post operative complications, pain management, wound care, activity, nutrition. Can be used: to cure or control cancer, reduce tumor size, with or without chemotherapy, prophylactically to prevent reoccurrence, for palliative to relieve symptoms. 9/2/20: prophylactically to prevent reoccurrence, for palliative to relieve symptoms, external: 2: most common, delivery of tightly targeted radiation beams from outside the body, internal, localized implantation, brachytherapy is placing radioactive material inside your body.
