Tania Tonezzer

In recent years, breast cancer has witnessed some notable improvements regarding early diagnosis and new therapeutical strategies, mainly because of the utilization of new drugs and systemic treatment protocols, which have had a direct impact in the increase of these patients' global survival rate. At the same time, it is an ever-growing concern among oncology professionals to identify and minimize as much as possible the effects of long-term toxicity resulting from cancer therapies. Within this context, physiotherapy fits as a preventive and rehabilitating factor regarding functional and skeletal alterations, deriving not only from the direct action of breast cancer, but also from the treatment to which these patients are submitted. The aim of this study was to revise the scientific literature on possible adjuvant chemotherapy-induced secondary deleterious effects on the bone mass of patients diagnosed with breast cancer, and also to revise the literature on the intervention of...

Uso da Estimulacao Eletrica Nervosa Transcutânea Aplicado ao Ponto de Acupuntura PC6 para a Reducao dos Sintomas de Nausea e Vomitos Associados a Quimioterapia Antineoplasica Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Applied to the PC6 Acupuncture Point, aiming at the Reduction of Antineoplastic Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea/ Vomit Symptoms El Uso de Estimulacion Nerviosa Electrica Transcutanea Aplicada al Punto de Acupuntura PC6 para Reducir los Sintomas de las Nauseas y los Vomitos Asociados a la Quimioterapia Antineoplasica