Farhad Shahi

Dept. of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Cancer Research Center, Cancer Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

[ 1 ] - Differentiating and Categorizing of Liposarcoma and Synovial Sarcoma Neoplasms by Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization

Background & Objective: Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) constitute an uncommon and heterogeneous group of tumors of mesenchymal origin and various cytogenetic abnormalities ranging from distinct genomic rearrangements, such as chromosomal translocations and amplifications, to more intricate rearrangements involving multiple chromosomes. Fluorescence in situ...

[ 2 ] - Contextualization and validation of the interprofessional collaborator assessment rubric (ICAR) through simulation: Pilot investigation

Background: Simulation can be used for educating, evaluating and assessing psychometric properties of an instrument. The aim of this study was to contextualize and assess the validity and reliability of the Interprofessional Collaborative Assessment tool (ICAR) in an Iranian context using simulation.   Methods: In this descriptive study, contextualization of the ICAR was assessed throug...

[ 3 ] - Preliminary Results of Allogenic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation of non-M3 Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Background:  Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (allo-HSCT) is used as treatment of choice for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We aimed to evaluate the prognostic factors in 2-year overall survival of patients with non-M3 AML who underwent allogenic HSCT. Methods: This is a Cross sectional retrospective study. Demographic data and study of variables such as age...

[ 4 ] - تاثیر رایحه درمانی با اسانس نعناع بر تهوع و استفراغ فاز حاد ناشی از شیمی درمانی در بیماران مبتلا به سرطان پستان

سابقه و هدف: شیمی­درمانی یکی از گزینه های اصلی درمان در بیماران مبتلا به سرطان می­باشد. تهوع و استفراغ نیز شایع­ترین عارضه جانبی داروهای شیمی­درمانی می­باشد. این مطالعه با هدف تعیین تاثیر رایحه درمانی با اسانس نعناع بر تهوع و استفراغ فاز حاد (24 ساعت اول) ناشی از شیمی­درمانی در بیماران مبتلا به سرطان پستان انجام گرفت. مواد و روش­ها: این مطالعه کارآزمایی بالینی تصادفی شده بر روی 100 زن مبتلا به ...

[ 6 ] - Assessing Physicians’ Performance when Telling the Truth to Patients Diagnosed with Cancer

Background and Objective: The ability of breaking bad news to patients, especially to patients diagnosed with cancer is one of the challengeable issues in the field of medicine. On this basis, this study was designed to assess physicianschr('39') performance as well as importance of their training on how to deliver bad news to patients diagnosed with cancer. Materials and Methods: This was a p...