NUTR 4040 Study Guide - Final Guide: Prostate Cancer, Bone Metastasis, Lymphatic System
6 Dec 2018
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Some hormones (estrogen/testosterone) can do this: progression: as the abnormal cells develop, a tumor can grow. Treats most types of cancers: brachytherapy: high total dose of radiation in a concentrated area in short period of time. Sealed radioactive sources placed inside the body or near the cancer (cervical: systematic: given orally or by iv injection. Implications: anorexia (primary cause of weight loss; anti-emetics help) due to: feeling poorly taste changes feeling of fullness due to, decreased gi secretion, slowed digestion, atrophy of epithelium or muscle wall of gi tract. May occur in sarcomas, leukemia, lymphoma, small-cell lung carcinoma, head and neck, gastric tumours. May also occur if the patient is undergoing increased hepatic gluconeogenesis: hypometabolic if muscle wasting is occurring. May occur with pancreatic cancer: normometabolic if the patient is in inflammatory response but is also muscle wasting they cancel each other out, energy metabolism is individualized and depends on the stage of illness, fat metabolism:
