1322 Results of health care realized after one year by following women patients with breast cancer treated with interarterial chemotherapy

Interarterial chemotherapy as a method of treatment of breast cancer has been applied at Institute for Oncology and Radiology since 1968. Essence of application of interarterial chemotherapy is to enable maximal contact between cytostatics and tumors through magistral arterial vessel and its branches. In this way efficiency i. e. cytotoxicity of drug on malignant cell is increased, and total dose in drug application, as well as its toxic influence on healthy structures, is decreased. The most common nurses’ diagnoses after one year of following women patients with which this method wasapplied in health care were: 1. Lack of knowledge about this method of treatment, 2. Fear of forthcoming surgical intervention and 3. Changed comfort as consequence of presence of catheter. Analyzing results of applied nurses’ diagnosis in health care we may conclude that good cooperation was maintained which resulted in better understanding and easier acceptance of this method of treatment.