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Grading and staging of tumors ? tumor extent and possible prognosis.
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defines
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? classifies cellular aspects of cancer by looking at cancer cells ? and ? classifies clinical aspects such as the ? location of the tumor and any mets.
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Grading,
microscopically, Staging, physical |
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The tumor grading system uses the letter ? plus a number between ?-?
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G,
1-4 |
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A tumor that is well differentiated and has minimal deviation from normal cells will recieve a grade of ? and is more likely a ? tumor.
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G1,
benign |
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A tumor that has some normal characteristics will recieve a grade of ?
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G2
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A tumor that has only enough normal characteristics to ID it gets a grade of ?
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G3
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A tumor that is poorly differentiated and is the most aberrant when compared to normal cells gets a grade of ?
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G4
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The staging system is the TNM system. What does TNM stand for ?
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Tumor,
Nodes, Metastasis |
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With the staging system when there are no tumor cells the stage is ?
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T-0(T-zero)
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T-is means tumor ? which means that there a some ? cells
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insitu,
abnormal |
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When a tumor has reach 1cm in size it is stage as ?
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T-1
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When a tumor is > than 1cm but is still in the primary organ its stage is ?
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T-2
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When a tumor has gone beyond the primary organ, but not spread to another organ it is stage at ?
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T-3
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When a tumor has spread to other organs it is staged at ?
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T-4
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When staging a tumor N-0 means that there is no ?
N-1 means that there is a tumor in a ? N-2 means the tumor has spread but only ? N-3 means the tumor has spread into ? nodes |
tumor,
node, regionally, distal |
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When staging and talking about metastisis M-0 is when there are ? tumors and M-1 means that ? has occured.
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no,
metastisis |
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As far as nursing care at Dx of cancer, the nurse should offer ? support and must be ? The nurse must be able to ? the Dx, treatment, care, and expected outcomes.
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emotional,
honest, discuss |
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The different types of impact that cancer Dx can have on a pt are ?,?,?,?
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physical,
Psychosocial, financial/economic |