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Effect on symptom control of structured information given to patients receiving chemotherapy
(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2014)
Purpose: The performance of a planned education model in patients receiving chemotherapy can alleviate the side effects of chemotherapy and thus can increase the quality of the patients' lives. In accordance with this view, ...
Heat Shock Protein 90 Inhibitors in Oncology
(BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD, 2014)
Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is highly conserved chaperone protein which plays vital roles in stabilization, regulation and folding of client proteins in cancer cells. Client proteins are key macromolecules for carcinogenesis ...
Oxaliplatin and ototoxicity: is it really safe for hearing?
(TUBITAK SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL TURKEY, 2014)
Background/aim: Oxaliplatin is an effective and widely used chemotherapeutic agent in the treatment of many solid tumors. The most common side effects are peripheral neuropathy, gastrointestinal toxicity, and neutropenia. ...
The impact of radiotherapy on quality of life for cancer patients: a longitudinal study
(SPRINGER, 2014)
The aim of this study was to assess for changes in quality of life (QOL) among cancer patients who undergo radiotherapy (RT) and to identify factors that influence QOL in this group. Three hundred sixty-seven cancer patients ...
Evaluation of the effect of comorbidity on survival in pancreatic cancer by using "Charlson Comorbidity Index" and "Cumulative Illness Rating Scale"
(SPRINGER WIEN, 2014)
Effect of comorbidity on the treatments that patients receive is not clear, as healthy elderly patients and the elderly with less comorbid diseases are included in the studies. In the present study, the effect of comorbidity ...
