pharmacology chapter 43 drugs used to treat cancer

in the morning when the patient awakens and before bed

a pt has severe lesions in his mouth as an adverse effect of chemotherapy. when does the nurse suggest the pt perform oral hygiene measures using prescribed local anesthetic and antimicrobial solutions?

vascular endothelial growth factor

biologic therapies

growth factors vaccines monoclonal antibodies cytokines

biologic therapies or targeted anticancer agents include:

determining activity tolerance allowing rest periods attending to pain management

cancer care that applies to all patients includes:

name of the drug common and serious adverse effects time of administration dosage and route of the drug

for the pt and family to manage the chemotherapy treatment regimen, an understanding of which points needs to be stressed?

tamoxifen

hormones

when treating leukemia during bone marrow transplantation during lymphoma therapy

in which situation would the use of bone marrow stimulants be appropriate?

paclitaxel

natural products

the emotional status of the patient the understanding the pt has of the diagnosis the pt's usual methods of coping usual eating and elimination patterns

the baseline assessment by the nurse for the patient needed during the initiation of cancer therapy include

size of the tumor rate of growth of the cancer type of tumor cell

the choice of chemotherapeutic agents used to help fight cancer depends on the:

Epoetin alfa (Epogen)

the nurse anticipates the use of which medication to treat a pt with chemotherapy induced anemia?

preventing any inhalation of aerosols preventing contamination of body fluids preventing any drug absorption through the skin

the nurse s administering a chemotherapeutic agent and knows precautions must be observed for safe handling such as:

the drug Totect will stimulate my bone marrow to produce red blood cells

the nurse was explaining to the patient the reason for medication Totect that she was receiving after chemotherapy. which statement by the pt indicates further teaching is needed?

reduce the toxic effect of the chemotherapy agents on normal cells

the reason chemoprotective agents are used to treat cancer is because they:

surgery radiation biologic therapies targeted drug therapy

treatment of cancer often requires multiple different approaches, which may include:

stopping infections from becoming pathologic

use of bone marrow stimulants to allow the immune system to recover earlier than would occur naturally results in the major benefit of:

they trigger the recovery of bone marrow cells

what do bone marrow stimulants do in the treatment of cancer?

they act on receptors that are specific to the cancer cells' growth factors

what is the role of targeted anticancer agents in treating cancer?

stomatitis changes in bowel patterns infection nausea and vomiting

which adverse effects from chemotherapy does the nurse monitor patients for?

antimetabolites natural products hormones antineoplastic antibiotics

which are considered part of the traditional major groups of chemotherapeutic agents?

give doses large enough to kill the cancer cells but small enough for normal cells to live control growth of the cancer cells long term survival or a cure of cancer

which are goals of chemotherapy?

Mesna (mesnex) Dexrazoxane (Zinecard) Amifostine (ethyol)

which medications are used as chemoprotective agents?

dactinomycin

antineoplastic antibodies

methotrexate

antimetabolites

i can determine how often i have to have it depending on my symptoms

after educating the patine about the best timing for giving chemotherapy, the nurse knows that which statement by the patient would indicate further teaching is needed?

cisplatin

alkylating agents