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. 2019 Dec;46(12):1861-1865.

[Challenges Faced by the Palliative Care Team in Treating Breast Cancer Outpatients with Chemotherapy]

[Article in Japanese]
Motoki Hiroyoshi  1 , Takahisa Yamamoto, Yoshiki Nakamura, Yasutomo Azumi, Tatsushi Inoue, Aya Shimogai, Masahito Naito, Kuniyo Okumura, Teruko Ishikawa
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  • PMID: 31879404

[Challenges Faced by the Palliative Care Team in Treating Breast Cancer Outpatients with Chemotherapy]

[Article in Japanese]
Motoki Hiroyoshi et al. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2019 Dec.

Abstract

In this study, we examined 239 outpatients receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer for a period of 6 months from July 2016 to December 2016. Using a questionnaire, we investigated the patients' symptom score and uneasiness. A symptom score of 2 and over was found in 24.7%(59)of the cases. Twenty-seven of the 59 cases experienced adverse effects of chemotherapy. Peripheral neuropathy was observed in 20 cases, of which only 2 cases improved after providing palliative care. Palliative care was effective against nausea, constipation, malaise, and sleeping disorders. Thirty-two cases(13.4%)had 5 or more painful feeling score. Among these, 10 cases resulted from the adverse effects of treatment, 10 cases from the aggravation of existing cancer, and 6 cases showed anxiety for the illness, family, and future. In 15 of the 32 cases, the pain score improved by providing palliative care, conversation with the nursing staff, reduction in the quantity of drug intake, etc.

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