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| 1881 Hippocrates bloodletting & lancing |
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| modern cancer surgery began as early as? by who? what was done to release the cancer? |
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| Halstead radical mastectomy |
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| who began modern cancer surgery with what procedure |
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| removal of tumor in one section |
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| removal of the breast, chest wall muscles, and local lymph nodes |
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| disfigurement loss of function |
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| the problem with radical mastectomy procedure causes what? |
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| William Halstead is associated with what hospital |
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| what is the 5 year survival rate for: radical mastectomy tumor confined to breast |
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| what is the 5 year survival rate for: radical mastectomy breast tumor with axillary lymph nodes involved |
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| what is the 5 year survival rate for: radical mastectomy breast tumor with supraclavicular lymph nodes involved |
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| primary treatment for local control of cancer |
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| multi modality: surgery chemo xrt |
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| how is cancer best treated |
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| type of surgery, sparring lymph nodes and tissue for local control |
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| decrease hospital stay increase in outpatient services minimize decrease in function |
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| combination treatment has led to |
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| started in the 1980's, this approach to treatment increased survival |
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| slow growing and locally confined |
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| these tumors are most suitable to surgical intervention |
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| what is removed with the tumor |
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| before surgery, what should be performed to determine the best therapeutic approach |
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| best chance for cure (surgery) |
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| minimize local and systemic spread of cancer |
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| the aim of cancer surgical techniques |
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| skin folds cosmetically acceptable |
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| biopsy guidelines: where should incision lines be why |
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| normal tissue for comparison |
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| biopsy guidelines: tissue samples must be intact and contain what why |
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| lymph node closest to the tumor |
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| where are needle biopsies performed |
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| are the possible side effects of needle biopsies |
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| type of biopsy needle inserted into tumor percutaneous or during surgery |
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| a simple to perform biopsy with less tissue trauma |
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| type of biopsy: risk of needle may miss tumor or malignant cells may not get enough specimen for definitive diagnosis possible seeding can occur |
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| type of biopsy: removal of the whole tumor with an effort to obtain clean margins |
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| most commonly used biopsy method for tumors usually < 3cm and accessible |
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| type of biopsy: removal of a piece of the tumor tumors usually > 3cm |
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| needle localization biopsy |
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| type of biopsy needle placed by stereotactic guidance commonly used for breast cancer |
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| type of biopsy injection of blue dye and/or radioactive substance into area of tumor to identify lymph node closest to the tumor site, which is then removed and examined |
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| tumor visualized through endoscope and a piece of tumor removed with forceps |
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| tumor visualized through laparoscope and a specimen can be taken using one or more techniques |
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| exploratory surgery used to rule out metastases to other organs all types of biopsies can be performed |
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| primary choice of treatment for tumors that are localized |
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| removal of one quarter, or quadrant, of the breast |
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| removal of the cancer as well as some of the breast tissue around the tumor and the lining over the chest muscles below the tumor |
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| pre-cancerous tumors removal is considered preventative cancer cells are confined to one layer of tissue high cure rate |
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| needle electrode placed directly into hepatic tumor, emits radio waves that creates heat to destroy entire affected area patients are not canidates for chemo & rt |
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| Surgery as treatment of choice removal of entire tumor with clear margins; local excision- skin; wide en bloc resection-tumor, regional lymph nodes, adjacent structures |
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| Surgery as treatment of choice minimize symptoms, enhance patient comfort and quality of life |
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| removal of recurrent cancer after more conservative treatments failed; more radical; less chance for success |
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| removal of as much tumor burden as possible so that other therapies or treatments can be used |
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| improve function or cosmetic appearance after surgery |
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| surgically implanted devices used long term to facilitate delivery of treatment and increase patient comfort |
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| these are examples of ______________. peripherally inserted central catheters tunneled central venous catheter implantable port |
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| tunneled catheters peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) Implantable venous ports |
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| 3 types of vascular access devices (VAD) |
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| type of catheter originally designed for long term administration of parenteral nutrition |
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| tunneled cathater tunneled under the skin from the insertion site to where? |
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| how long can tunneled catheters be used |
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| chemotherapy & bone marrow transplants |
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| what are tunneled catheters used for in cancer patients |
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| is inserting a tunneled catheter considered a surgical procedure? where removed |
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| PICC peripherally inserted central catheters |
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| can be inserted at bedside not sutured to skin; care important insertion site is antecubital area which will limit patient patients w/ neck dissection, mastectomy or rt are candidates |
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| devices designed to access the peritoneal, arterial, venous or epidural surgery required for each implant port is hollow housing of stainless steel, titanium or plastic venous ports placed in upper chest for intravenous fluid or meds infrequent flushing needed; won't need a lot of care |
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| gastrointestinal hemorrhage spinal cord compression pericardial effusion |
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| 3 types of oncologic emergencies |
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