NURS 3404 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Tamoxifen, Thyroid Cancer, Lymphadenopathy
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Increased 1500% in the last 100 years because people wear less clothing: viruses- hpv, when cells divide, some of them mutate. "something not happy there" - dominguez, 2017: cancer of throat, larynx, lungs, some people have no symptoms at all, pancreatic cancer back pain, due to location of the pancreas, unexplained weight loss. Take one lobe only: debulking cut down the size. If radioactive seeds in prostate: urinate alone, double flush, don"t urinate in the shower with other people, protection from radiation, minimal time, get behind a lead barrier, or apron/shield. Increase distance: adjuvant therapy with something else, side effects of radiation, fatigue, damage to surrounding tissue, bone marrow suppression, dry skin/irritation, use non-irritating lotion, don"t use solutions that contain metal, eg. When you"re 20 and they overdose you, when you"re 45 and develop pancreatic cancer, then there"s not enough chemo that they can give you because they already overdosed you when you were 20.
