this survey was performed on 45 oncology nurses in three hospitals, and cancer institute in tehran. the purpose of this study was investigating the stressors during the care of cancer patients and its importance from the oncology nurses’ view. data gathering tool was a questionnaire with 42 questions, according to research specific goals and had two parts. first part included demographic charac...

background: caring is a valuable task. the staff in any profession that involves patients’ fear, anxiety, pain, and suffering may experience similar feelings. as a professional group, oncology nurses deal with patients and their relatives and caregivers under very stressful conditions. they encounter pain, suffering, and death as a part of their daily life. a number of studies have evaluated th...

After the introduction of MRI, new modalities facilitated the procedure of surgical planning to achieve the microsurgical goal and improve prognosis and quality of life in patients. Despite the variable applications of preoperative and intraoperative mapping and monitoring systems, several limitations and concerns are reported for every modality as well. In this issue of the IrJNS, we are delig...

abstract therapy-related symptom checklist for children (trsc-c) was developed as a symptom assessment tool in children receiving chemotherapy. the objective of the present study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the persian version of trsc-c. this cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013-2014 in tehran, iran. trsc-c was translated using backward-forward approach. the content v...

personalized medicine is significantly changing the fundamentals of healthcare. genetic diagnostic tests are used in various parts of medicine – from initial screening to the diagnosis and finally treatment. investigations in fields of drug development indicate that oncology may lead other therapeutic areas in the number of targeted therapies on the marketplace as well as in the pipeline, expec...

introduction:myocardial 18f-fdg uptake is highly variable in oncologic whole body 18f-fdg pet/ct studies, ranging from quite intense to minimal distribution. intense or heterogeneous myocardial 18f-fdg uptake is undesirable as it may interfere with the visual or quantitative evaluation of tumoral invasion and metastases in pericardium, myocardium or adjacent mediastinal structures. the diet, as...

background satisfaction evaluation is a good way to assess hospital conditions. in health care system, parentscan be also as children's main supporters, thus they may act as patient's viewpoints' representatives.this study aimed to evaluate mother’s satisfaction of hospital care in hematology – oncology ward in dr sheikh hospital. materials and methods a cross-sectional descriptive analytic stu...