NURS 4430 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, Colorectal Cancer, Malignant Transformation
Document Summary
Med surg chapter 15: oncology: nursing management in cancer. Cancer: a group of distinct diseases with different causes, manifestations, treatments, and. Cancer nursing practice addresses that care of patients throughout the cancer trajectory from prevention through end-of-life care. Cancer is second leading cause of death is the united states. Cancer deaths in african american men are higher than caucasian men. Cancer: a disease process that begins when a cell is transformed by genetic mutations of the cellular. Cells invade normal intracellular and extracellular growth regulating processes. Cells gain access to lymph and blood vessels. Lymph and blood vessels carry cells to other areas of the body. Benign and malignant cells differ in many cellular growth characteristics. A pattern of growth in which cells lack normal characteristics and differ in shape organization with respect to their cells of origin. Mitosis occurs more rapidly in malignant cells than in normal cells. Growth of new blood vessels that allows cancer cells to grow.
