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Função pulmonar em mulheres com câncer de mama submetidas à radioterapia: um estudo piloto
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Schettino, Renata De Carvalho Jotta, Lícia Maria Garcia Nogueira Cassali, Geovanni Dantas |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | Breast cancer is the cancer that most causes death among women in Brazil. The treatment consists in surgery, chemotherapy, hormontherapy, and radiotherapy, the latter being responsible for important decrease in recurrence rates, though it may affect pulmonary function. The aim of this study was to detect lung function changes due to radiotherapy in breast cancer treatment. Ten women who were undergoing breast cancer treatment were assessed as to pulmonary function before and after radiotherapy. Measurements taken were inspiratory capacity and forced vital capacity, by means of incentive spirometer, and maximum inspiratory and expiratory pressures, using a pressure meter. Though in many cases measures found after radiotherapy were lower, no significant difference could be found. Thus radiotherapy did not seem to affect lung function in the assessed sample of women with breast cancer. |
| Starting Page | 248 |
| Ending Page | 252 |
| Page Count | 5 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1590/S1809-29502010000300011 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.scielo.br/pdf/fp/v17n3/11.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1590/S1809-29502010000300011 |
| Volume Number | 17 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
