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A review on the types of diseases that HSCT can treat and the different types of HSCT treatments based on the donor and where the stem cells are derived. The intent of HSCT is to reduce or eliminate a patient’s own marrow spaces and replace and repopulate with healthy stem cells. This therapy provides the only currently known cure for some diseases.
Enhance your knowledge of cytokine release syndrome and how it can affect patients with cancer. The incidence of CRS happening depends on the type of cancer therapy and diagnosis. You will learn about the risk factors, clinical manifestations, diagnosis assessment, emergency interventions and nursing considerations
Anaphylaxis can be life-threatening and occurs in approximately 5% of patients receiving antineoplastic infusions. Areas covered in this huddle card are risk factors, clinical manifestation, diagnostic assessment, emergency interventions and nursing considerations. This is a valuable resource for all nurses with patients receiving cancer treatments.
As many as 15% of patients with cancer experience malignant spinal cord compression throughout the course of their disease. Patients with lung, prostate, or breast cancer or multiple myeloma are at a higher risk for this complication. Learn about the clinical manifestations, emergency interventions, and nursing considerations.
Superior vena cava syndrome affects 3%-4% of patients with cancer involving the chest so patients with a diagnosis of lung cancer or non-Hodgkin lymphoma are at a higher risk. Explore the diagnostic assessments needed, emergency interventions, and clinical manifestations.
Enhance your knowledge on hormone therapies in this quick easy to use resource. This is a targeted therapy that involves manipulating hormone levels to treat cancer. This huddle card details how hormone therapies work, the medications included in this category and the benefits to patients with cancer.
Revisit the oncologic emergency, hypercalcemia of malignancy, including risk factors, manifestations, assessment, treatment, and nursing interventions.
Refresh your knowledge on immunotherapy, an antineoplastic treatment modality. This card reviews immunotherapy, providing examples as well as its benefits, limitations, and targets.
Review this radiation therapy card in a group or individually to refresh your knowledge on this treatment modality. We include examples, benefits, limitations, and targets of this therapy.
Review this card about sepsis, an oncologic emergency, in a group or individually. Sepsis risk factors and manifestations as well as assessment, treatment, and nursing interventions are described.