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Breast Cancer
Study on symptom experience will benefit nurses and patients facing cancer treatments
December 8th, 2005
A study on symptoms and symptom experience from women who have undergone chemotherapy and surgery for breast cancer will benefit nurses and patients facing cancer treatments. "Adjuvant chemotherapy protocols used to treat women with breast cancer have evolved over the last decade and have dramatically altered the symptoms and symptom experiences of these women," stated scientists in the United States. "The purpose of this study was to identify symptoms, symptom experiences, and resulting symptom distress encountered by women with breast cancer undergoing surgery and receiving current chemotherapy protocols." M. M. Boehmke and S.S. Dickerson...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-08)
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