background : this study assesses the effect of oral cryotherapy on the incidence and severity of chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis in combined chemotherapy regimens. methods : this was a randomized controlled trial that enrolled 80 cancer patients. we evaluated the primary oral status of all patients prior to chemotherapy. patients were divided into two groups, experimental and control. the e...

Background: Oral mucositis afflicts more than 3/4 of patients with cancer under chemotherapy. In acute cases it could lead to brain damage caused by hypoxia and even death due to airway obstruction and reduction of chemotherapy drug dose. We aimed to compare the effects of topical mouth rinse and chamomile mouthwash in prevention of oral mucositis caused by chemotherapy in children with cancer....

background : we assessed the effects of cisplatin-based chemotherapy, magnesium supplementation, probable contributory factors such as cisplatin cumulative dose and dose per cycle on serum magnesium levels. methods : in this prospective randomized study, serum magnesium levels of 59 newly diagnosed adult patients receiving cisplatin-based chemotherapy were studied. the patients were randomly al...

Background and Purpose: Due to adverse effects of cancer on children's mental health, relaxation, chemotherapy side-effects and positive effects of music therapy on stress, this study was performed with the goal to determine the effect of music therapy on children's stress after chemotherapy. Methods: The present study is a randomized clinical trial done on 32 children undergoing cancer chem...

abstract background tumor lysis syndrome (tls) is an oncologic emergency that results from massive lysis of malignant cells. the incidence of tls depends on the risk factors, such as baseline hyperuricemia, bulky tumor burden, elevated serum ldh, and elevated wbc. the objectives of the present study were to assess frequency of tumor lysis syndrom in children with all in two methods of induction...

background : the purposes of this study were to examine the impact of chemotherapy treatment on jordanian cancer patients’ fatigue and to correlate their fatigue with selected sociodemographic variables at the beginning of treatment and after four weeks of treatment. methods : this was a single group quasi-experimental correlational design study that enrolled 43 patients diagnosed with cancer w...

conclusions optimal cytoreductive surgery and chemotherapy may be the best treatment in mmmt but more discussion and experiences are needed regarding the effectiveness of radiotherapy. introduction malignant mixed mullerian tumor (mmmt) is a very rare tumor, accounting for less than 1% of all ovarian cancers. case presentation we present a 64-year-old woman with stage iii mmmt of ovary that was...

Inflammation of the oral mucosa is a common and debilitating complication of chemotherapy that is preventable and manageable following health advices. Empowering the primary caregiver can be helpful in management of this condition. Aim: To determine the effect of empowering the caregivers on preventing inflammation of oral mucosa in children with cancer undergoing chemotherapy. Methods: This no...