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Likely causes for fatigue observved individuals with cancer include:
biochemical changes because of treatment
muscle loss
psychologic factors
The pain experienced with cancer:
occurs in bone metastasis
results in tissue necrosis
Te anorexia or loss of appetite seen in the syndrome fo cancer cachexia may occur because of :
altered blood serum levels of glucose and amino acids
The anemia associated with malignancy can be :
the result of depletion of hemoglobin building blocks
caused by destruction of bone marrow
Chemotherapy for cancer:
prevents transcription
damages cells undergoing mitosis
Immunotherapy for cancer:
is a nonspecific treatment
Biologic response modifiers (BRM):
directly kill cancer cells
augment the tumor immune rejection response
modify the cancer cell's susceptibility to lysis
What are the clinical manifestations of Cancer?
pain
fatigue
cachexia
anemia
leukopenia
thrombocytopenia
infection
What are the significant genetic mutations that have been altered by enviromental facotrs?
smoking
radiation
obesity
few oncogenic virsues
H. Pylori
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121739
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Chapter 10
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Mutations and Cancer
Updated
2011-12-08T03:47:43Z
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