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Cancer

Cancer is characterized by uncontrolled cell growth and there are over 100 types classified by initially affected cell type. Chemotherapy uses chemicals to treat disease by destroying cancer cells. Tumors are abnormal tissue growths that can be cancerous (malignant) or noncancerous (benign). Radiotherapy treats disease, especially cancer, through exposure to radioactive substances. Palliative care improves quality of life for patients and families facing life-threatening illness through pain prevention and relief of physical, psychosocial and spiritual problems.

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Cancer

Cancer is characterized by uncontrolled cell growth and there are over 100 types classified by initially affected cell type. Chemotherapy uses chemicals to treat disease by destroying cancer cells. Tumors are abnormal tissue growths that can be cancerous (malignant) or noncancerous (benign). Radiotherapy treats disease, especially cancer, through exposure to radioactive substances. Palliative care improves quality of life for patients and families facing life-threatening illness through pain prevention and relief of physical, psychosocial and spiritual problems.

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Cancer is a class of diseases characterized by out-of-control cell growth.

There are over 100 different types of cancer, and each is classified by the type of cell that is initially affected. Chemotherapy is the use of chemicals (medication) to treat disease - more specifically, it usually refers to the destruction of cancer cells. Tumour is an abnormal growth of body tissue. Tumours can be cancerous (malignant) or noncancerous (benign). Radiotherapy (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual

Definition for extravasation:


Web definitions: an extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation.

extravasation [ikstrav s sh n]

Etymology: L, extra + vas, vessel 1 a passage or escape into the tissues, usually of blood, serum, or lymph. Compare bleeding. 2 passage or escape into tissue of antineoplastic chemotherapeutic drugs. Signs and symptoms may be sudden onset of localized pain at an injection site, sudden redness or extreme pallor at an injection site, or loss of blood return in an IV needle. Tissue slough and necrosis may occur if the condition is severe. Treatment depends on the causative agent. Nursing responsibilities include maintaining the patient IV line, elevating the affected area, applying ice packs, and notifying the physician of the need for antidote injections, if applicable. See also exudate, transudate. extravasate, v.

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