Objectives: One of the most important symptoms of patients undergoing chemotherapy is nausea. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of aromatherapy with sour lemon on nausea in patients undergoing chemotherapy. Methods: Fifty patients undergoing chemotherapy were assigned randomly to the experimental and placebo/control groups. The two groups was completed the Visual Analogue Sca...

Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting is one of the most common side effects in pediatric patients undergoing chemotherapy despite development antiemetics, so assessing nurses for knowledge skills about chemotherapy-induced nausea vomiting management very important

Abstract Introduction: Gastric cancer is the fourth common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Due to lack of adequate information on the side effects of chemotherapy regimens in treatment of gastric cancer, this study was aimed to determine the side effects of two common chemotherapy regimens of gastric cancer. Methods: This prospective study was conducte...

Using standardized forms for prescription and administration of medications is one of the main solutions for reducing medication errors in the chemotherapy process. Considering the high prevalence and mortality rate of colorectal cancer, in this study we tried to design and validate a standard printed form and evaluate oncologists’ and nurses’ adherence to this form. This cross-sectional study ...

abstract background: the chemotherapeutic agents used for treatment of breast cancer are all shown to increase free oxygen radicals and generation of reactive oxygen species. the aim of this study was to evaluate effect of chemotherapy on plasma selenium (se) concentration and glutathione peroxidase (gpx) activity in breast cancer patients. materials and methods: seventeen women in stage ii and...

background: over the past decade, survival from advanced colorectal cancer is increasing. therefore patients have more exposure to chemotherapy and related toxicities. this study determines how hematologic toxicity patterns affect therapy and care. methods: from april 2010 to march 2013, we enrolled 127 patients with stages iib to iv colorectal cancer. patients underwent complete blood count mo...

to evaluate the effect of adding neoadjuvant chemotherapy to surgery and radiation therapy for locally advanced resectable oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma, 24 patients with t3 or t4a oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma were randomly assigned to surgery alone or docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fu (tpf) induction chemotherapy followed by surgery. all patients were planned to receive chemoradiothe...