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Symptom status, body perception, and risk of anxiety and depression in breast cancer patients receiving paclitaxel: a prospective longitudinal study.

Gamze Gokce CeylanZehra Gok Metin
Published in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2021)
The oncology nurse should comprehensively evaluate the patients who scheduled to receive paclitaxel treatment, and provide counseling to the patients during these specific weeks. Better management of the symptoms that increase with the paclitaxel regimen with repeated interviews under the supervision of the nurse will also prevent the deterioration of body perception. In addition, since the risk of depression increases over time in patients receiving paclitaxel, nurses should periodically screen the risk of depression, and timely consult the patients for the appropriate support.
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