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Cancer: In a Nutshell (Nursing)
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Slides Nursing Cancer Overview.pdf
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Reference List Medical Surgical Nursing and Pathophysiology Nursing.pdf
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00:01 So let's wrap up this video series on the overview of cancer. 00:05 Cancer is a collection of related diseases where there's a breakdown of orderly cell processes. 00:11 In metastasis, the cancer cells- big dumb bullies, break away from where they first formed, that's our primary cancer site, they travel through the blood and the lymph system and form new tumors. 00:23 That's metastatic tumors in other parts of the body. 00:26 Now cancer can be categorized based on the certain types of cell where it begins. 00:30 That's how we walk through what carcinoma, sarcoma, leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, melanomas and brain and spinal cord. 00:41 Thank you for watching our video today.
About the Lecture
The lecture Cancer: In a Nutshell (Nursing) by Rhonda Lawes, PhD, RN is from the course Cancer – Med-Surg Nursing.
Included Quiz Questions
Which characteristics correctly describe cancer? Select all that apply.
- It is a collection of related diseases in which orderly cell processes break down
- Metastasis occurs when malignant cells form new tumors away from the primary site
- It can be categorized based on the type of cell in which it begins
- Metastasis occurs when cancer in remission reoccurs at the primary site
- All categories of cancer can either be benign or malignant
Author of lecture Cancer: In a Nutshell (Nursing)
Rhonda Lawes, PhD, RN
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