Journal of Cancer Science and Research
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Department of Midwifery, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Biography

Mitra Reyhani  has been involved in many quantitative as well as qualitative studies; but her expertise are mostly related to qualitative and action research. Department of Midwifery, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Publications

• Research Article   
  The effect of Auriculotherapy in the Control of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting in Women with Breast Cancer
  Author(s): Mitra Reyhani and Seyedeh Aghaghia Reza Tofighi BS*
  
  Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is one of the most common and feared side effects of chemotherapy especially in breast cancer. Despite recent advances in pharmacologic antiemetic therapy, additional treatment for break- through CINV is needed. Auriculotherapy, is a safe alternative medicine procedure with minimal side effects; several ran- domized controlled clinical trials have suggested its efficacy in controlling this side effect. A recent randomized controlled clinical trial in Iran , demonstrated that Auriculotherapy, significantly reduced the proportion of patients experiencing acute stress and vomiting during IVF. That trial, however, did not show that Auriculotherapy, significantly alleviated acute chemotherapy-induced nausea or delayed CINV. The clinical relevance of these results were limited by the fact that they predated the use of aprepitant and that only .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2576-1447.22.7.524

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