ABSTRACT Objectives: to determine the quality of life and anxiety in patients with breast cancer and the changes they experience after treatments. Method: prospective study. Breast cancer statistics (n=339, confidence=95%, accuracy= ± 5.32%). The quality of life questionnaires (QLQ) used were QLQ C-30...
Abstract OBJECTIVE Identifying the predictors of hope in patients with breast cancer during chemotherapy treatment. METHOD A prospective longitudinal study. The sample was composed of 122 women who responded to the instruments of hope, anxiety and depression, coping, fatigue, religiosity and self-estee...
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the effect of physical therapy on the range of motion of the shoulders and perimetry of the upper limbs in women treated with radiotherapy for breast cancer. Methods: a total of 35 participants were randomized into two groups, with 18 in the control group (CG) and 17 i...
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...
Este estudo foi realizado no Hospital do Câncer III do Instituto Nacional de Câncer, no Rio de Janeiro, em 2002. É um estudo de corte prospectivo, no qual 68 clientes, portadoras de câncer de mama, submetidas a tratamento cirúrgico ablativo ou conservador com esvaziamento axilar e utilizando o dreno...
O propósito deste estudo foi identificar complicaçöes, intercorrências e aparecimento de edema pós cirurgia por câncer de mama, além de verificar fatores que poderiam estar predispondo ao linfedema do braço do lado operado. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo, prospectivo e de abordagem quantitativa...
