Exam 14: Cancer

A potential massage benefit for clients with cancer is:

Which type accounts for about 75% of all skin cancers?

For a client who has had a bone marrow transplant, which side effect does the massage therapist need to consider when planning the treatment?

Which type of cancer develops from pigmented tissue?

Which treatments utilize ionizing radiation to kill or inactivate cancer cells?

A consideration for a client treated with radiation is that the massage therapist should:

Which treatment application should the massage therapist avoid using if the client is nauseated from cancer treatments?

A suspicious change in a mole has which characteristic?

If a client is receiving chemotherapy and has received clearance for massage therapy but is experiencing neuropathy, which treatment adaptation is appropriate?

Which best describes carcinogens?

Which treatment introduces chemical agents into the body to destroy cancer cells?

The most common death-related cancer in both men and women occurs in which organ?

Which type of disease is characterized by abnormal cells that possess uncontrollable division, lack programmed cell death, and can accumulate into masses called tumors?

Which type is cancer of the lymph nodes?

Which type is the most malignant and lethal skin cancer?

Mammograms can assist in early detection of which type of cancer?

Which term is used to describe the spreading of cancer cells from a primary site of origin to distant sites?

Which type is the most common form of cancer in women?

Which cancer is viral-linked in 80% to 90% of cases?

Which term means a noncancerous tumor?