Preventing taxane-related peripheral neuropathy, pain and nail toxicity: a prospective self-controlled trial comparing hilotherapy with frozen gloves in early breast cancer.

Purpose: The prevention of taxane-related toxicities at the extremities is highly important for patients' treatment and quality-of-life. Several studies endorse hand/foot-cooling using frozen gloves as a prophylactic intervention. Unlike frozen gloves, hilotherapy produces cooling at a constant temperature.

Scalp cooling in breast cancer patients treated with docetaxel-cyclophosphamide: patient- and nurse-reported results.

Purpose: Recent evidence supports the efficacy of scalp cooling in preventing chemotherapy-induced alopecia in breast cancer treatments. However, efficacy largely varies between treatment regimens. The aim of this study was to explore the patient- and nurse-reported results of scalp cooling in terms of hair loss and need for a wig/head cover in patients with breast cancer treated with 3-weekly docetaxel 75 mg/m- cyclophosphamide 600 mg/m.

Maximum weight-shifts in sitting in non-ambulatory people with stroke are related to trunk control and balance: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Impaired sitting balance is common in persons with stroke, affecting postural control in different directions. However, studies seldomly investigate sitting balance in severely affected non-ambulatory persons with stroke and precise assessment including the diagonal directions are scarce.

Research Question: Are measurements of maximal voluntary weight-shifts decreased in severely affected persons with stroke in comparison to healthy controls, and is there a relationship with clinical measurements of trunk control, sitting and standing balance?

Methods: 14 Persons with stroke were recruited in the rehabilitation phase along with 32 healthy controls.

Predicting Falls in Nursing Homes: A Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study Comparing Fall History, Staff Clinical Judgment, the Care Home Falls Screen, and the Fall Risk Classification Algorithm.

Objectives: To evaluate and compare the predictive accuracy of fall history, staff clinical judgment, the Care Home Falls Screen (CaHFRiS), and the Fall Risk Classification Algorithm (FRiCA).

Design: Prospective multicenter cohort study with 6 months' follow-up.

Setting And Participants: A total of 420 residents from 15 nursing homes participated.

Case report: an aortic aneurysm as cause of pseudoachalasia.

Background: Pseudoachalasia is a rare disorder which has clinical, radiographic, and manometric findings that are often indistinguishable from primary achalasia. It is usually associated with malignancy. Few reports describe vascular compression as a cause of pseudoachalasia.