title: [Incidence and management of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in women with breast cancer].
abstract: The objective of this study was to analyze the incidence of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in women with breast cancer and identify strategies used by them to control these signs and symptoms. Data for this cross-sectional study were collected through interviews during the last cycle of chemotherapy, between August 2011 and March 2012, in a university hospital in the State of São Paulo. The sample consisted of 22 women between the ages of 31 and 70, of whom 77.3% reported nausea and 50% vomiting during treatment. Regarding symptom management, 82% of the women reported having received some information centered on the use of prescribed medication. However, 27.3% did not know what medication they had taken. We concluded that there is a lack of systematic care and institutional protocol to guide professionals in providing standardized information to women so they can better control nausea and vomiting.
authors.forename: Thais de Oliveira
authors.initials: Tde O
authors.lastname: Gozzo
authors.forename: Sarah Gomes
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: Aline Maria Bonini
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Moysés
authors.forename: Marislei Sanches
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Panobianco
authors.forename: Ana Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: de Almeida
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000932:Antiemetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014839:Vomiting / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D000932:Antiemetics