After completing your assigned readings for this week, answer one of the following questions from chapter 175 in your Hospital Medicine textbook.
- What types of biopsies can aid in the diagnostic workup of cancer?
- How is the cancer stage determined?
- What are the goals of therapy in the neoadjuvant, adjuvant, and palliative setting?
- What are the different types of systemic therapies commonly used in the treatment of cancer?
- What are the approaches to treating chemotherapy-related nausea, vomiting, and mucositis
- When are modified blood products recommended for cancer patients and what are the transfusion thresholds for anemia and thrombocytopenia?
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