I found other oncology classes were cold and missed compassion and talked only from a medical point of view even though only 8% of estheticians work in healthcare, with plastic surgeons, with physicians, or in a dermatologist’s office (Career Fundamentals of cancer In 2017, my treatments for my stage 3 cancer started. My methods might not have been typical, but I started documenting my regimented treatments and am now sharing it all together here in this course. I believe it can be helpful for other cancer patients seeking the services of estheticians once they have been released by their oncologists to receive these services. Merriam-Webster defines oncology as a branch of medicine concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and study of cancer (Merriam-Webster, 2020). We cannot help our clients with the disease unless we have a small understanding of the disease itself and how it affects the body. It is important to remember that cancer is an extremely complex disease and impossible to learn in any one course. Cancer is a disease that starts on a cellular level and is made up of uncontrolled cell
Trend, 2018). Therefore, this course will include aspects of my personal journey with cancer, meant to provide an authentic and honest depiction of the disease for estheticians who wish to better serve this population. division. It is a disease that harms the host by rapid cellular division, which means that it keeps dividing and dividing, creating a lump known as a cancer tumor. These cancer cells trick other healthy body cells in the host by disguising themselves, allowing them to divide more rapidly without the body’s defenses attacking. Cancer cells behave differently than normal cells. Many of these differences are related to cell division behavior. For example, cancer cells are the only cells that can multiply outside of the body in a petri dish, meaning these cells do not need a living entity to multiply, while normal cells do need a bodily entity, also known as a growth factor. Cancer cells can even trick neighboring cells into producing growth factors to sustain them.
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Another staging system is known as the “TNM” system. Listed below are the general descriptions of the TNM staging system. It is important to keep in mind that the specific definitions for each category are different for each type of cancer that is staged using this system. Learn more specific staging information for each type of cancer. ● A tumor (T) . The letter "T" plus a number (0 to 4) describes the size and location of the tumor, including how much the tumor has grown into nearby tissues. Tumor size is measured in centimeters (cm). A centimeter is roughly equal to the width of a standard pen or pencil. A larger tumor or a tumor that has grown more deeply into the surrounding tissue receives a higher number. For some types of cancer, lowercase letters, such as “a,” “b,” or "m" (for multiple), are added to the “T” category to provide more detail. ● Node (N) . The letter "N" plus a number (between 0 to 3) stands for lymph nodes. These tiny, bean-shaped organs help fight infection. Lymph nodes near where cancer started are called regional lymph nodes . Lymph nodes in other parts of the body are called distant lymph nodes . Most often, the more lymph nodes with cancer, the larger the number assigned. However, for some tumors, the location of the lymph nodes with cancer may determine the “N” category. ● Metastasis (M) . The letter "M" indicates whether cancer has spread to other parts of the body, called distant metastasis . If cancer has not spread, it is labeled M0. If cancer has spread, it is considered M1 (Cancer.net, 2018).
The stages of cancer vary by the severity of each individual cancer, and identifying the correct stage acts as a guide for the surgical team and can help signal the correct treatment plans or clinical trial options. If cancer is localized to one area of the body, then surgery, radiotherapy, or proton therapy could be enough to remove it completely. If cancer has spread, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, or biological therapies that circulate throughout the bloodstream are required. Stages are determined by the following methods: X-rays, lab tests, CT, MRI, PET or nuclear scans, ultrasounds, or a biopsy (START Center, 2016). There are different types of staging systems for different cancers, but the most common is a numbered system used to identity five possible stages for solid cancers. These stages are as follows: ● Stage 0 – Cancer cells that are still in the location where they started and have not spread. ● Stage 1 – Localized cancer that has spread into nearby tissues. It has not yet spread to lymph nodes or other areas. ● Stage 2 – Cancer has spread to a regional area or into nearby tissues or lymph nodes. ● Stage 3 – More advanced regional spread than 2. ● Stage 4 – Cancer has spread to distant parts of the body. This stage is often referred to as metastatic cancer or cancer that has spread to other areas of the body (Cancer Institute NSW, 2019).
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