dyspnea/breast neoplasms

Background Breast cancer and lung cancer belong to the most common types of solid cancer in Europe and Northern America. The majority of breast cancer patients receive adjuvant radiotherapy, either following breast-conserving surgery or mastectomy. And most patients with small-cell lung cancer

Regional methods and pharmacological treatments are among these methods. The blocks of serratus, pectoral and rhomboid from the regional blocks are used more safely and with increasing frequency, especially with the introduction of ultrasonography in the clinic. In 2016, the rhomboid intercostal

Studying quality of life over time in patients followed for metastatic breast cancer will identify when a person may feel most vulnerable in their experience of the disease and treatment. A specific and adapted support can thus be set up throughout the disease, from the diagnosis and during the

To date anthracycline chemotherapy regimens still play a major role in many cancer treatments, approximately 32% of breast cancer patients, 57-70% of elderly lymphoma patients, and 50-60% of childhood cancers survivors are treated with an anthracycline regimen. Of these patients, approximately

Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is common, and is estimated to affect up to a half of patients with malignancy, either at the time or during subsequent clinical course after the diagnosis of malignancy. Lung cancer is the most common cause of MPE, followed by breast cancer, lymphoma, unknown

For the calculation of the sample size, performed in the program Stata 12 version 12, the results presented in the dissertation of Souza Filho and collaborators were considered. The results of the "Raise" test at the end of the study presented a mean of 14.55 ± 3.12 in the intervention group and a

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Assess the feasibility of conducting a 14-week cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program in women with breast cancer after completion of acute therapy. II. Preliminarily evaluate the efficacy of CR in improving cardiorespiratory fitness (peak oxygen uptake, maximum volume of oxygen

One of the side effects observed in breast cancer patients receiving anthracycline-based treatment is heart complications in which the heart muscle is weakened and no longer able to pump sufficient amounts of blood throughout the body. This complication can lead to the following symptoms: shortness

Background Physical exercise for haematological patients is a relevant complementary treatment, including in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) (Jones 2013). In hematological cancer, exercise is feasible, safe and beneficial in numerous aspects (aerobic capacity, muscle strength, quality of life

Methodology: Prospective non-randomized phase IIa. The selected patients with metastatic breast cancer heavily pretreated including those previously treated with taxanes, receive docetaxel administered at a dose of 45mg/m2 body surface every 2 weeks to assess the activity of this

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Advanced cancer patients nearing the end of life suffer from pain, anxiety and other symptoms that can be very difficult to control. The current practice within Fraser Health Authority is to admit these patients to one of three tertiary palliative care units (TPCUs) for

1. Treatment of lung cancer Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in The Netherlands, with an annual incidence exceeding 8,000. Two main variants of lung cancer can be identified: small cell and non-small cell lung cancer (SCLC and NSCLC respectively), the latter comprising