MOPP and ABVD therapy for the treatment of Hodgkin disease are treatment protocols that use which combination of factors?
a. Multiple medications given concurrently
b. Heat, exercise, and chemotherapy
c. Alternating radiation and chemotherapy
d. Chemotherapy and alternative herbal re-medies
A
MOPP and ABVD are chemotherapy treatment protocols using a combination of four drugs giv-en concurrently. MOPP is the acronym for the drugs mechlorethamine, vincristine (Oncovin), procarbazine, and prednisone. ABVD is the acronym for the drugs doxorubicin (Adriamycin), bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine. This treatment protocol is usually used for stages III and IV of the disease.
You might also like to view...
The nurse caring frequently for older adults in the hospital is aware of risk factors that place them at a higher risk for shock. For what factors would the nurse assess? (Select all that apply.)
a. Altered mobility/immobility b. Decreased thirst response c. Diminished immune response d. Malnutrition e. Overhydration
Convert 11:20 AM to international time
What will be an ideal response?
Which statements would the nurse educator evaluate as indicating a student's need for additional instruction on trisomic rescue?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. "Trisomic rescue occurs when the extra chromosome is isolated and lost." 2. "The effect of trisomic rescue depends on when it occurs." 3. "In somatic cells it is best for trisomic rescue to take place later rather than earlier." 4. "In sex cells it is best for trisomic rescue to take place sooner rather than later." 5. "Trisomic rescue can be induced through ionizing radiation."
A child is tested for genetic abnormalities. After the test results are delivered from the laboratory, a representative of the parents' medical insurance company calls the nurse's station and asks for the results of the tests. The nurse's best response to
a. refuse to give the information. b. tell the representative the status of the tests is unknown. c. give the results as reported because the insurance company is paying for the tests. d. tell the representative that the test results will need to be obtained from the physician who ordered them.