Publications by authors named "Cristina Mazzega Fabbro"
Background: In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic created severe difficulties in clinical and organizational fields. Healthcare workers needed to protect their health and avoid infecting their family members, but also limit the virus's spread among vulnerable oncology patients undergoing hospital treatment.
Objective: To evaluate the resilience and coping strategies of nurses working in the oncology setting.
Background: In addition to pharmacological prevention, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) can be mitigated through patient education; written supporting materials can be beneficial.
Methods: This is a randomized, controlled trial which randomly assigned patients undergoing first chemotherapy cycle to receive oral information regarding CINV prevention and management (control arm) or oral information plus an informative booklet (experimental arm). Overall, 384 cancer patients fulfilling the following inclusion criteria were enrolled: age ≥18 years; life expectancy ≥6 months; no cognitive impairment; written informed consent.
. Haemopoietic stem cells transpantation: a narrative review. Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is an effective treatment for many haematological malignancies and its employment is growing thanks to the increased possibility of finding suitable donors and the discovery of therapies to treat major complications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Nail changes are among the most common dermatological adverse events in paclitaxel-receiving patients. Although effective, low-temperature prophylactic cryotherapy is discomforting and a potential cause of side effects, resulting in low patients' adherence.
Patients And Methods: A phase II single-arm study evaluating mild cryotherapy for the reduction of 12-week, grade 2 nail toxicity was conducted on 67 taxane-naïve breast cancer patients (age 18-74 years) undergoing weekly adjuvant chemotherapy with paclitaxel.