Exam 14: Cancer

Eighty percent of all cancers are linked to which factor?

If a client living with cancer says that certain positions and techniques are fine, what should the massage therapist do during the treatment?

If a client has had anticancer surgery, which body area should the massage therapist avoid for 10 days after the client is ambulatory?

Which type of cancer develops from epithelial tissue?

Massage considerations for a client undergoing chemotherapy who has a fever include that:

If a client with cancer has edema and is cleared for massage, which treatment modification should be avoided?

Which type is called cancer of the blood?

Common side effects of biologic therapy include:

Which term means a cancerous tumor?

Which are not common causes of cancer?

What does oncology study?

Which action is necessary for the massage therapist to do before massaging clients with cancer?

Peripheral neuropathy is a common side effect of which treatment?

Most cancers are attributed to which cause?

Which type of cancer develops from muscle cells or connective tissues?

Which word means tumor?

Which are the two most common ways in which cancer spreads?

For a client who has had surgery to remove cancer, the massage therapist must consider and plan for all except which risk factor?

Which growth is a malignant tumor?

Which factor is the main cause of lung cancer?