Chemotherapy can cause a variety of physical and emotional changes that affect all aspects of patients' lives, including sexuality. Alterations in physical appearance can significantly influence people's perceptions of their sexual identities, attractiveness, and worthiness. Patients with lung cancer receiving chemotherapy may need sexual counseling. Therefore, patients and healthcare providers...

Cancer-related anemia commonly is associated with fatigue and decreased quality of life (QOL). Treatment to achieve optimal hemoglobin levels in patients receiving chemotherapy can alleviate common symptoms of anemia and may allow patients to have more meaningful survival time while on chemotherapy. New studies have suggested that epoetin alfa (Procrit, Ortho Biotech Products, LP, Raritan, NJ) ...

No known cure exists for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). The prognosis for patients with this relatively rare, asbestos-related malignancy of the pleural lining of the lung is quite poor. MPM treatment includes surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. Few patients, however, are candidates for surgery or radiotherapy, so chemotherapy is the only option for most patients. A phase III study ...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To analyze the incidence of chemotherapy-induced neuropathy in a set of patients with gynecologic cancer who were treated with known neurotoxic agents, to identify correlative factors related to patients' experience of neuropathy, and to analyze providers' assessment and treatment of neuropathy. DESIGN Observational descriptive study of patient-reported neuropathy using a r...

The proactive use of granulocyte–colony-stimulating factors (G-CSFs) in patients with cancer treated with chemotherapy reduces the incidence of hospitalizations for febrile neutropenia (FN) as well as minimizes chemotherapy dose reductions and delays that could compromise treatment outcomes. In accordance with earlier economic analyses, the guidelines of the American Society of Clinical Oncolog...

Chemotherapy is one of the actions taken to treat patients with cancer. can cause physical changes that body image disturbances in cancer patients. Family support needed overcome psychological problems and improve quality life The purpose this study was determine relationship between family undergoing chemotherapy at Santa Maria Hospital Pekanbaru. This research a quantitative cross sectional d...