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| what are some environmental risks factors? |
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| tobacco, ionizing radiation, ultraviolet radiation, alcohol consumption, sexual reproductive behavior, physical activity and much more. |
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what environmental risk factor is linked to:
Multipotent carcinogenic mixture
Linked to cancers of the lung, lower urinary tract, aerodigestive tract, liver, kidney, pancreas, cervix uteri
Linked to myeloid leukemia |
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| what environmental risk factors changes in gap junction intercellular communication and expose causes cell death, gene mutations, and chromosome aberrations |
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| what environmental risk factor causes basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma, UVA & UVB and promotes skin inflammation and releasr of free radicals |
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| risk factors for oral cavity, pharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, esophagus, and liver cancer are all caused by |
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| radon, dyes, rubber, paint, explosives, rubber cement, heavy metals, air pollution and etc are all |
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| obesity correlates with the? |
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| obesity in response to endocrine and metabolic signaling, adipose tissue releases free fatty acids. increased free fatty acids give rise to? and cause? |
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| insulin resistance and causes chronic hyperinsulinemia |
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| Sleep disturbance, biochemical changes from circulating cytokines, secondary to disease and treatment, psychosocial factors, level of activity, nutritional status, and environmental factors are all suggested causes of ? |
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| what is the most severe form of malnutrition? |
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| a decrease of hemoglobin in the blood is |
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| clinical manifestations of cancers are? |
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| pain, fatigue, cachexia, anemia, infection, and leukopenia & thrombocytopenia |
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| what type of cancer manifestation will effect risk increase when the absolute neutrophil and lymphocyte counts fall? |
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| direct tumor invasion to the bone marrow causes |
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| leukopenia and thrombocytopenia |
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| Symptom complexes that cannot be explained by the local or distant spread of the tumor or by the effects of hormones released by the tissue from which the tumor arose from |
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| the goal of chemotherapy is |
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| to eliminate tumor cells so the body's defense can eradicate any remaining cells |
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Chemotherapy:
the use of agents prior to surgery to reduce tumor size is? |
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Chemotherapy:
effective dose needed to kill cancer relative to the dose that would be harmful to normal cells is |
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Chemotherapy:
the correlation between the dose of agnet and killing of cancer cells is |
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| the prinicple of dose intensity |
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Cancer treatment:
goals to eradicate cancer without excessive toxicity and avoid damage to normal structures |
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| what are some side effects of cancer treatment? |
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- gastrointestinal tract
- bone marrow
- hair & skin
- reproductive tract
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| a specific method of treatment used to eliminate cancer cells w/o damaging normal tissues |
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side effects of cancer treatment:
oral ulcers, malabsorption, and diarrhea |
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side effects of cancer treatment:
fatigue, decreased red platelet and white blood cells |
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side effects of cancer treatment:
alopecia and skin erythema |
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side effects of cancer treatment:
decreased fertility and premature menopause |
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