Patient advocacy groups: Empowering patients in their fight against cancer

International Framework for Cancer Patient Advocacy: Empowering Organizations and Patients to Create a National Call to Action on Cancer

PURPOSE With the rate of cancer and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) growing globally, cancer prevention and control efforts are critical internationally. Moreover, since the 2011 United Nations High-Level Meeting on NCDs, the international health and development community has shifted its awareness to include NCDs as a global health priority, especially in developing countries where mortal...

Empowering your patients in the fight against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

PURPOSE To provide patient teaching points for primary care management and control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) through application of the latest research regarding transmission of this bacteria. DATA SOURCES Case reports, scientific literature, and the recommendations of expert professional groups. CONCLUSIONS MRSA is a well studied yet continually evolving superbu...

The Fight against Cancer

Helping Cancer Patients to Fight with Infection

نوتروپنی در صورتی که منجر به شوک عفونی گردد، میتواند باعث مرگ بیمار شود مقابله با عفونت، شامل بررسی دقیق، مراقبت های پیشگیری کننده و مداخله به موقع می باشد. بیماران سرطانی بستری در بیمارستانها، اغلب در معرض خطر عفونت قرار دارند. بویژه اگر احتیاج به درمان شدید با روش های تشخیمی داشته باشند. هرگونه عفونت می تواند تهدیدی برای زندگی بیماران دارای نوتروپنی محسوب شود.

The Fight Against Cervical Cancer

Globally, cervical cancer is one of the most deadly forms of cancer affectingwomen—killingmore than 270,000 people every year. Themajority of these deaths (85%, according to theWHO) occur in developing countries. A global health priority, therefore, is to provide low-cost, highly effective cervical cancer prevention, detection, and control options to all women who need them. The human papilloma...