ANAIS DO I ENCONTRO MULTIPROFISSIONAL EM OBSTETRÍCIA E GINECOLOGIA

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Chemotherapy is a process that uses isolated or combined chemicals to treat malignant neoplasms acting directly on cell growth and division1. OBJECTIVE: To analyze scientific publications on breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. METHODOLOGY: This is an integrative literature review, with data published between 2010 and 2018, using articles from the electronic databases Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences - LILACS, Online System of Search and Analysis of Medical Literature - MEDLINE, Nursing Database - BDENF, employing the descriptors cancer, breast and chemotherapy. During data collection, 5,408,071,000 references were obtained without filtering, immediately after filtering 5,011 articles remained, after the grouping of the descriptors, 11 references were obtained that answered the objective of the research. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The discussion was categorized into two topics: women in the face of breast cancer treatment and accessibility for breast cancer treatment, highlighting articles on early diagnosis methods, public strategies, care and care offered to this population. CONCLUSION: It was observed that chemotherapy requires an acceptance of the patient, her family members and effectiveness of public policy guidelines, the need for psychosocial support and the multidisciplinary team facing this situation is of paramount importance for the effectiveness of the treatment, however the understanding of the complexity of care by the nursing team that should mobilize to work their difficulties on the subject and the methods of treatment to these patients , the implementation of disciplines the curricular grades in gradation courses that take care of the care provided to this public, because the nursing team is closer to the reality experienced by these patients, their longings, their difficulties and their fears.