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What is the best diet to prevent cancer?  Mediteranian How often should a pt get a mammogram?  Annual between 40-54 yrs old and biannual after 55 if there are no risk factors How often should a pt get a Pap smear?  Every 3 yrs until the age of 65 How often should a pt get a colonosco...

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Cancer PN 140 Questions and Answers
2024/2025
What is the best diet to prevent cancer?

 Mediteranian


How often should a pt get a mammogram?

 Annual between 40-54 yrs old and biannual after 55 if there are no risk factors


How often should a pt get a Pap smear?

 Every 3 yrs until the age of 65


How often should a pt get a colonoscopy?

 Every 10 yrs after the age of 55+.


How often should a man get a prostate specific antigen ?


 Baseline at the age of 50 and than it is optional.


What is brachytherapy?

 internal radiation


How is brachytherapy administered?

 Via IV, PO or with a container in the skin


What is the proper PPE when going in a room with a pt receiving Brachytherapy ?




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 Gown, gloves and mask


What type of room is pt put in when receiving brachytherapy ?


 Isolation


How long should a nurse limit themselves to being in a pt room receiving Brachytherapy ?

 No more than 30 mins during shift


At what point should a nurse use PPE when going into a room where brachytherapy is taking

place?


 Within 6 feet of the patient


What is a benign tumor?

 non-cancerous tumor


malignant tumor

 cancerous tumor


What is metastasis?

 cancer that has spread from one part of the body to another


What does the lymphatic system do with cancer?


 Once cancer has made it to the lymph nodes it is spread around the body and can go
anywhere.


What is palliative surgery?


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