NUR 4445 Cancer 1 - Cancer of the bone marrow Results in overproduc...

NUR 4445 Cancer 1

• Leukemias

Answer Most common childhood cancer Cancer of the bone marrow Results in overproduction of abnormal WBCs

• Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

Answer Affects the lymphocytes Most common in ages 2-5 years 75% of childhood leukemia

• Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Answer Affects the blast cells (immature WBCs) Any age, but peaks around 2 years and again during adolescence

25% of childhood leukemia

• Leukemia causes

Answer Not well understood Environment (radiation) Genetics (Down Syndrome, twins)

• Leukemia s/s

Answer Fatigue & weakness Feeling cold 1 / 2

Dizzy or lightheaded Pale Recurrent infections or fever Bone pain Easy bruising or bleeding

• Leukemia treatment

Answer Chemo

Stem cell transplant

• Non-Hodgkin

Answer T-cell abnormalities, can be B-cell as well

• 3 types of Non-Hodgkin

Answer

• Aggressive mature B-cell NHL (Brukitt lymphoma)

• Lymphoblastic lymphoma
• Anaplastic large cell lymphoma

• Non-Hodgkin incidence

Answer Ages 10-20 years Caucasian > African-American Boys > Girls

• Non-Hodgkin s/s

Answer Fever and weight loss are signs & symptoms Lymph nodes affected

Cervical, axillary, inguinal, and femoral

Affects areas outside of lymph nodes more in children than adults - mediastinum, abdomen,

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