Patients' Self Care for Side Effects of Cancer Chemotherapy

Abstract

Cancer is the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in the world, including approximately 14 million new cases and 8.2 million deaths in 2013. It is expected that the number of cases of cancer increasesabout 70% over the next two decades(NCI,2015).Five sites most cancer among men, whichare lung, prostate, colon, stomach and liver cancer. but women are breast, colon, lung, and cervical and stomach cancer, One-third of cancer deaths occurred due to five major risk factors are behavioral and nutritional as increasing body weight, not eating fruits and vegetables enough, lack of physical activity, tobacco use and alcohol abuse (Stewart & Wild,2014). Chemotherapy is a group of drugs that are used to eliminate the cancer cells to stop their growth and limit their spread,it may cause some side effects that did not know the patient how to deal it, which leads to the deterioration of the patient's physiological, psychological, social and spiritual. Thus patients they need sufficient information to enable them to properly deal with the side effects of chemotherapy and improve their physiological, psychological, social and spiritual (Ralph, 2012). Aim of study: