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This continuing education program is designed to provide an overview of the potentially ravaging effects of drugs which may promulgate life threatening disease such as carcinoma/sarcoma/lymphoma upon older adults. It will also present an in depth review of the disease process, its assessment, interventions, and likely outcomes as evidenced by a case study depicting the outcomes revealing the disease, given the likely untoward effects of a specific medication. LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Review selected drugs which may impact an incidence of disease. 2. Describe manifestations, assessment, diagnostic and revelations which reflect onset of the disease. 3. Discuss therapeutic strategies which promote improved health states. 4. Explore potential complications following therapeutic intervention which require close monitoring. 5. Present a case study of an older adult which depicted drug induced carcinoma in the form of systemic lymphoma.

Keywords:
Oncology; Pharmaceuticals; Case study