Objective: to evaluate the effect of oral cryotherapy compared to physiological serum on the development of oral mucositis in outpatient cancer patients using the 5-fluorouracil antineoplastic agent. Method: this is a controlled, randomized, double-blind, and multi-center clinical trial, conducted with ...
Antineoplásicos,
Grupos Control,
Crioterapia,
Prevención de Enfermedades,
Quimioterapia,
Fluorouracilo,
Higiene,
Mucositis,
Higiene Bucal,
Preparaciones Farmacéuticas,
Estomatitis
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze and synthesize knowledge about the effect of acupuncture on chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy symptoms in adults with cancer. Method: the method used was a Systematic Review. Potential articles were identified by searching in the PubMed of National Library of Med...
ABSTRACT Objectives: to estimate the prevalence of impaired tactile sensory perception, identify risk factors, and establish a risk prediction model among adult patients receiving antineoplastic chemotherapy. Method: historical cohort study based on information obtained from the medical files of 127 pa...
Antineoplásicos/efectos adversos,
Estudios de Cohortes,
Neoplasias/tratamiento farmacológico,
Trastornos de la Percepción/inducido químicamente,
Trastornos de la Percepción/epidemiología,
Prevalencia,
Pronóstico,
Medición de Riesgo,
Trastornos Somatosensoriales/inducido químicamente,
Trastornos Somatosensoriales/epidemiología,
Percepción del Tacto/efectos de los fármacos
Objective: characterize the scientific production of Brazil and Spain in regard to methodological aspects and aspects of health-related quality of life experienced by cancer patients receiving chemotherapy in both countries. Method: integrative literature review was conducted using the following databas...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify factors related to the nursing diagnosis nausea among cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Method: integrative review conducted in four electronic databases (PUBMED, EMBASE, CINAHL and LILACS) using the key words: neoplasia, antineoplastic agents and nausea. Resul...
OBJECTIVES: to identify the prevalence, and describe the management of, neutropenia throughout the chemotherapy treatment among women with breast cancer. METHODS: observational study, cycles of chemotherapy. 116 neutropenic events were recorded, and 63.3% of the patients presented neutropenia at some poi...
