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52 Cards in this Set
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BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION RESULTS IN INFECTIONS
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TRUE
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CYCLOSPORINE FREQUENTLY CAUSES GINGIVAL ENLARGEMENT.
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TRUE
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ALTERED TASTE IS OFTEN NOTED IN CANCER PATIENTS RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY.
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TRUE
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS OCCURS WHEN THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE SALIVARY GLANDS DURING CANCER THERAPY?
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XEROSTOMIA
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS OCCURS WHEN THERE IS A LOW WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT?
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INFECTION
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS OCCURS WHEN THERE IS A LOW RED BLOOD CELL COUNT?
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ANEMIA
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS OCCURS WHEN THERE IS A LOW PLATELET COUNT?
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BLEEDING
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WHITE BLOOD CELL LEVELS IS THE MINIMUM FOR DENTALL TREATMENT?
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<1000/MM3
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING AGENTS IS RECOMMENDED FOR CANCER PATIENTS WITH XEROSTOMIA?
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FLUORIDE RINSE
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES SHOULD BE PERFORMED BEFORE A PATIENT STARTS ANTICANCER TERAPY?
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EXTRACTION OF HOPELESS TEETH, PERIODONTAL SURGERY, ENDODONTIC THERAPY
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS HELPFUL IN REDUCING ORAL BACTERIAL LEVELS?
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CHLORHEXIDINE
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ORAL CANDIDIASIS OCCURS IN PATIENTS TAKING ANTICANCER DRUGS DUE TO A DECREASE IN
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WHITE BLOOD CELLS
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A PATIENT WITH METASTASIS INTO BONE MAY BE TAKING WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DRUGS TO PREVENT FURTHER SPREAD?
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BISPHOSPHONATES
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BECAUSE OF LAKE OF SPECIFICITY, MOST ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUGS COMMONLY PRODUCE?
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BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION
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BRUISING IS A COMMON SIDE EFFECT OF CHEMOTHERAPY CAUSED BY A DEFICIENCY OF
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PLATELETS
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WHICHO OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD NOT BE OBSERVED WITH TREATMENT USING ANTINEOPLASTICS?
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HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA
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ALTERED TASTE
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DYSGEUSIA
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DEATH/NECROSIS OF BONE
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OSTEONECROSIS
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DECREASED PLATELET COUNT (CAUSES INCREASED BLEEDING)
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THROMBOCYTOPENIA
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LOW WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT
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NEUTROPENIA
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TOXIC EFFECT ON CELLS
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CYTOTOXICITY
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DECREASED RED BLOOD CELL COUNT
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ANEMIA
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THE TWO MOST COMMON ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS FROM ANTINEOPLASTICS ARE:
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NAUSEA, VOMITING
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3 ANATOMIC LOCATIONS OF RAPIDLY- DIVING CELLS IN THE HUMAN BODY THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED BY ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUGS:
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HAIR FOLLICLES, BONE MARROW, GI TRACT
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METHOTREXATE CAN BE PRESCRIBED NOT ONLY FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF CANCERS BUT ALSO FOR
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RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
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WHAT IS THE HALF-LIFE OF ALENDRONATE (FOSAMAX)?
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10 YEARS OR MORE
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WHAT IS THE DENTAL COMPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH BISPHOSPHONATES AND DENTAL PROCEDURES SUCH AS EXTRACTION AND PERIODONTAL SURGERY?
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OSTEONECROSIS OF THE JAW
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3 CONDITIONS TREATED WITH BISPHONATES?
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1. OSTEOPOROSIS
2. OSTEOLYTIC TUMORS 3.PAGET'S DISEASE |
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STATE THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF BISPHOSPHONATES:
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INHIBITING BONE RESORPTION BY DECREASING ACTION OF OSTEOCLASTS
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3 SIGNS/SYMPTOMS OF OSTEONECROSIS OF THE JAW
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1. EXPOSED BONE THAT HASNT HEALED
2. PAIN, INFLAMMATION 3.MOBILITY OF TEETH |
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WHAT IS THE SUFFIX FOR BISPHOSPHONATE DRUGS?
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DRONATES
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TREAT VARIOUS TYPES OF CANCERS OR NEOPLASMS (ABNORMALLY GROWING CELLS) THAT CANNONT BE TREATED BY SURGERY OR ARE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH SURGERY AND RADIATION THERAPY.
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ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUGS
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ANTINEOPLASTICS, THE MOST TOXIC DRUGS IN USE TODAY
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ACT BY KILLING CANCER CELLS THROUGH DAMAGING CELL DNA OR INTERFERING WITH DNA SYNTHESIS
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MOST DRUGS WHILE KILLING CANCER CELLS ALSO AFFECT
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NORMAL CELLS
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OTHER TOXIC EFFECTS FROM ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUGS IS
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1.BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION
2. DECREASE IN NEUTROPHILS OR WHITE BLOOD CELLS. PRE DISPOSES THEM TO SERIOUS INFECTION 3.THROMBOCYTOPENIA (DECREASE IN PLATELETS) LEADING TO SERIOUS BLEEDING PROBLEMS. |
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A MAJOR CASUE OF CANCER TREATMENT FAILURE IS
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DRUG RESISTANCE
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NORMAL NEUTROPHIL COUNT=
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4,300 - 10,800/MM3
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NORMAL THROMBOCYTE (PLATELET) COUNT=
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150,000-350,000/MM3
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COMPLICATIONS OF THE ORAL CAVITY OCCUR IN ABOUT 40% OF PATIENTS TREATED WITH CHEMOTHERAPY AND _______ PATIENTS RECEIVING RADIATION.
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ALL
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INCREASED INCIDENCE OF CANDIDIASIS AND DENTAL/ ROOT CARIES
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XEROSTOMIA
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NEUTRAL SODIUM FLUORIDE RINSE SUCH AS PREVIDENT RINSE TO PREVENT
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CARIES
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IS COMMON RESULTING FROM AN OVERGROWTH OF FUNGI BECAUSE OF REDUCED WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT.
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ORAL CANDIDIASIS
-IT MAY BE MORE IMPORTANT TO PREVENT RATHER THAN TREAT ORAL CANDIDIASIS |
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ALTERATIONS IN TASTE ARE COMMONLY SEEN IN THE CANCER PATIENT CALLED
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DYSGEUSIA
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GINGIVAL ENLARGEMENT
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CYCLOSPORINE
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PATIENTS TAKING IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS WILL MOST LIKELY DEVELOP
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HYPERTENSION
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BACTERIAL INFECTIONS ARE SEEN WITH ____ _____ SUPPRESSION
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BONE MARROW
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IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT DRUGS ARE USED IN ORGAN TRANSPLANT PATIENTS TO PREVENT
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REJECTION OF THE ORGAN
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ANTIBOTICS MAY BE NECESSARY WHEN WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNTS FALL BELOW
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1,500 MM3
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TREATMENTS SHOULD BE STARTED FOR PATIENTS WHO COMPLAIN OF ORAL MUCOSITIS?
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RINSE WITH VISCOUS LIDOCAINE
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DRUGS MAY CAUSE GINGIVAL ENLARGEMENT?
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CYCLOSPORINE
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SIGNS SHOULD BE MONITORED IN THE DENTAL OFFICE IN A PATIENT TAKING CYCLOSPORINE?
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BLOOD PRESSURE
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A PATIENT TAKING ZOLEDRONATE FOR PAIN FROM MULTIPLE MYELOMA (A CANCER). WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS CAN DEVELOP AFTER PERIODONTAL DEBRIDEMENT?
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OSTEONECROSIS
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