After Cancer Treatment

After completing this course you’ll be able to:

1. State one reason cancer is traumatic.
2. Define the problem-orientated approach
3. State one of the first goals of the American Cancer Society
4. Define cancer
5. Compare normal cells and cancer cells
6. Define metastasis
7. Compare external beam therapy and brachytherapy
8. List the three most important ways to heal yourself
9. Define crisis
10. List three reasons to set goals for patients
11. List three steps to goal setting
12. State the number of goals to be set to heal physically
13. List two things we value as a society
14. List the three most important healing parameters
15. Compare activity and exercise
16. List the five pacing basics
17. Describe the three phases of clinical trials
18. List the inherent problem with CAM treatments
19. State what a cancer patient should do first and foremost when seeking treatment
20. Define a physiatrist
21. Define holistic medicine
22. Describe several concepts of complimentary and alternative medicine
23. List the duties of the National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM).
24. List the basic principle of homeopathy
25. Define herbs
26. Describe how a doctor of osteopathy differs from a chiropractor
27. List three primary therapeutic benefits of massage
28. Describe “sweeping.”
29. Describe therapeutic touch
30. List the three notable CAM treatments in the “discourage” list
31. Discuss the 2005 review of research titled, “Review of Exercise Intervention Studies in Cancer Patients.”
32. State the most prevalent and debilitating symptom during breast cancer treatment
33. Compare physical activity with exercise
34. State the benefit of a personal trainer and the certification process
35. List several cardiovascular exercises and recommendations of the American Cancer Society
36. Define the “overload principle,” size principle, and “high load, low rep” program
37. State which foods are significant for healing
38. Define phytochemical and list a few cruciferous vegetables. (Table 8.1)
39. List several complex carbohydrates. (Table 8.2)
40. Describe the standards for raising organic food
41. List ways to stop smoking
42. Describe how cancer-related fatigue is cumulative
43. Discuss the role of melatonin and the immune system
44. List several causes of pain
45. List the four pharmacological treatments of pain
46. Describe the World Health Organization’s “ladder” approach to pain medication
47. State the use of Marinol
48. Define nociceptive and neuropathic pain and their treatments
49. Define iontophoresis
50. Define psychoneuroimmunology
51. Describe the five stages of grief according to Kubler-Ross
52. State the two symptoms that call for treatment with medications or psychological counseling or both
53. Describe the focus called, “adjustment to a disability or serious illness.”
54. State why, in some studies, regular churchgoers live longer
55. Describe prayer in the various religions
56. State how emotional and physical intimacy is affected by cancer
57. List several ways to enhance physical intimacy. (Table 13.4)
58. State several guidelines for what to tell children about cancer
59. Describe the power of friendship
60. Compare social and emotional loneliness
61. State an example of a setback and how it affects prognosis
62. State the progress in the treatment of cancer other than surgery
63. Define primary prevention