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ArticleCureus2024

Adherence and Satisfaction With Intensive Physiotherapy Treatment During Ongoing Chemotherapy Sessions in Patients With Chest Wall Ewing Sarcoma.

Vaishnavi M Thakre, Vrushali Athawale, Tejaswini Fating

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vaishnavi M ThakreCommunity Health Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND.
Vrushali AthawaleCommunity Health Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND.
Tejaswini FatingCommunity Health Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND.
Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ewing sarcoma (ES) is a highly fatal bone and soft tissue cancer that predominantly impacts adolescents and children. Primary ES can occasionally manifest as a tumour on the chest wall. Treatment typically consists of radiation, local surgery, and polychemotherapy, all of which have acute and chronic side effects that can detrimentally affect survivors' quality of life (QOL). In this case study, we discussed the case of a 19-year-old female who came with chief complaints of chest pain, swelling on the right side of her neck, difficulty breathing, and pain in her right shoulder radiating to her right arm and forearm for one year. She was diagnosed with ES of the chest wall and underwent chemotherapy treatment for the same at our tertiary care hospital. Our aim was to find out the role of physiotherapy, considering the radiological, pathological, and clinical aspects of the disease while the patient is undergoing chemotherapy sessions, which has been highlighted and found to be effective in increasing satisfaction levels, adherence to the treatment, improving muscle strength, lung function, and overall QOL.

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case reportchemotherapychest wallewings sarcomaphysiotherapytreatment

Identifiers

PMID38357048
PMCPMC10865281
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