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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.
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 chemotherapy, an antineoplastic treatment modality. This card explores chemotherapy’s approach, examples as well as its benefits, limitations, and targets.
Miscellaneous agents are a group of antineoplastic medications with a unique mechanism of action. They do not fit well into a category or major class of other chemotherapy agents. They also have a unique side effect profile. Review this huddle card in a group or individually to learn more about miscellaneous agents.
Review this huddle card to learn how clinical trials impact cancer care and the oncology nurse's role in caring for patients enrolled in clinical trials. This card covers the different phases of a trial and the nursing considerations for those working with patients in a clinical trial.