TURKISH JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY 2014 , Vol 29 , Num 3
Symptom management of cancer patients
Özlem UĞUR
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Hemşirelik Fakültesi, İzmir Cancer is one of the major health problems in the world and in our country that threaten the health and diseases leading to death, many countries in the world and is second only to cardiovascular disease in Turkey. Cancer patients' symptom burden the patient's age, gender, primary cancer field, the phase in the treatment, also varies according to the presence of a chronic disease. Relief of the symptoms of the patient's physical and psychological symptom management in cancer patients is important. Nurses providing care to the patient with cancer patients to help control the symptoms of the patient and the caregiver should provide the necessary care and education. Keywords : Cancer; symptom frequency; symptom management