Vomiting Pancytopenia Oedema Rash Renal failure spinal cord compression Is best investigated with a bone scan In general has better outcomes if treated surgically Can occur only at one level in the vertebral column Dexamethasone must only be started when the diagnosis is confirmed. pleural effusions Can be treated with diuretics Can be drained Can be pleurodesed when drained to dryness Permanent drains can be inserted in certain cancer Is not screened for as is not an early stage of the disease that can be detected May present with PV bleeding Is only treated with surgery Can cause renal failure due to ureteric obstruction cancer Commonly metastasizes to the Is treated with testosterone Can be by surgery Radioactive seeds can be implanted in to the prostate to kill the tumour cells starting a patient on opiate analgaesia, you should also prescribe An anti-emetic A laxative Dexamethasone Oxygen Paracetamol
Vomiting Pancytopenia Oedema Rash Renal failure spinal cord compression Is best investigated with a bone scan In general has better outcomes if treated surgically Can occur only at one level in the vertebral column Dexamethasone must only be started when the diagnosis is confirmed. pleural effusions Can be treated with diuretics Can be drained Can be pleurodesed when drained to dryness Permanent drains can be inserted in certain cancer Is not screened for as is not an early stage of the disease that can be detected May present with PV bleeding Is only treated with surgery Can cause renal failure due to ureteric obstruction cancer Commonly metastasizes to the Is treated with testosterone Can be by surgery Radioactive seeds can be implanted in to the prostate to kill the tumour cells starting a patient on opiate analgaesia, you should also prescribe An anti-emetic A laxative Dexamethasone Oxygen Paracetamol
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