{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Better compliance with the guidelines on hand-foot syndrome in patients treated with capecitabine in colorectal and breast cancer as a result of nursing education.
{Author}: Krzemieniecki K;Zygulska AL;Kucharz J;Stokłosa ;
{Journal}: Przegl Lek
{Volume}: 73
{Issue}: 7
{Year}: 2016
暂无{Abstract}: The aim of this paper is to test nursing educational intervention
as a method of managing with handfoot syndrome in patients treated with
capecitabine in an Eastern European setting.<BR>43 females and 49 males with colorectal and
breast cancer and were treated with
capecitabine monotherapy or polychemotherapy
with completion of at least
one cycle were enrolled for this trial in
the Department of Oncology University
Hospital in Krakow, between January
2011 and December 2014.<BR>Patients who were in contact with their
oncology nurses and followed the
recommendations had a fiftyfold lower
risk of developing hand-foot syndrome
G2 or G3.<BR>Our data confirmed
the role of oncology nurses in
patient education process during the
home-based therapies in Poland.