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Reflections in Pandemic Times: Our Elders Need “Even More” Help to Face Cancer
Coutinho, Filipe; Marinho, Joana; Veríssimo, Rafaela; Zão, Ana; Bertão, Manuela; Fonseca, Vasco; Marques Moreira, Sónia; Custódio, SandraIn the current pandemic times for SARS-CoV-2, several challenges are posed to the scientific community. With regard to the implementation of treatments for the elderly with cancer, despite the high complexity in its approach, a variable (SARS-CoV-2) now appears that represents a high impact on multidisciplinary decision-making processes when deciding which therapeutic strategies to use. In accordance with vario...
Adherence to oral therapeutic in patients with castrate-resistant metastatic pr...
Fernandes Silva , Joana; Custódio, Sandra; Fraga, JoãoMedication adherence is vital to the success of the treatment plan, being the priority of healthcare professionals to reduce the weak links that lead to medication errors and severe damage that they can cause. Based on the European profile of patients with castrate-resistant metastatic prostate cancer, the population under oral antineoplastic therapy for this pathology at Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/...
Burnout and occupational stress in the medical residents of oncology, hematolog...
Joaquim, Ana; Custódio, Sandra; Savva-Bordalo, Joana; Chacim, Sérgio; Carvalhais, Inês; Lombo, Liliana; Lopes, Heitor; Araújo, António; Gomes, A. RuiBurnout is a professional syndrome associated with stress caused by overwork. Our aim was to calculate the prevalence of burnout and stress on medical residents of Oncology, Haematology and Radiotherapy in Portugal, as well as to determine predictors of burnout and stress. An anonymous questionnaire was applied (n = 118). Statistical analysis consisted of a descriptive and inferential analysis. The prevalence o...