Cancer/Geriatrics – Flashcards
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Benign
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The nonmalignant character of a neoplasm or illness
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Pollution
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LAtin for dirty
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Hospice
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A type of facility or program that provides care to the dying and their families
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Decrease blood supply to cancer cells
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The purpose of antiangiogenesis therapy is to
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Stage IV pancreatic cancer
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An MRI of the RUQ reveals an extremely virulent cancer. It might be
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Senile
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Means characteristic of old age
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senescence
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term for aging
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Resuscitate
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The R in the abbreviation DNR stands for
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Benign and Cancerous
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Two words that have opposite meaning -tumor and neoplasm -tumor and swelling -benign and cancerous -malignant and metastatic -cancerous and malignant
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Exercise
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Osteopenia and sarcopenia can be prevented by:
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Prostate
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Exposure to pesticides increases a man's risk for cancer of the
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Pathologist
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The physician that examines tissue samples for presence of abnormalities
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Founder
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Progenitor means
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Cardiac Arrhythmia
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An ECG is a useful test to help determine
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Lentigo
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An age spot
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Polypharmacy
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Elderly patients suffer from adverse drugs effects as a result of
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Falling
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The root in the word apoptosis is
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Incontinence
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Medical term that refers to the inabiliy to prevent the discharge of urine or feces is
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Postmortem
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Autopsy
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More than 50%
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The percent of cnacer that could be prevented by a change in lifestyle
