Caring for the Patient with Colorectal Cancer (NC Community College Oncology Lecture)

Tammy Triglianos, ANP, AOCNP

Nurse Practitioner
UNC Hospitals Adult Oncology Clinics
School of Medicine
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tammy Triglianos will provide an overview of Colorectal Cancer: prevention, screening, risk factors, diagnosis and treatment, survivorship.

Lecture Objectives:

• Describe common signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer
• Understand risk factors, screening and early detection
• Understand colorectal cancer staging, principles of treatment, as well as survivorship