BREAST CANCER: The biopsychological effects of Tamoxifen treatment and side effects

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593112310029

• Palavras-chave: Maguerez's arch, tamoxifen, breast cancer, cancer treatment, chemotherapy.

• Keywords: Maguerez's arch, tamoxifen, breast cancer, cancer treatment, chemotherapy.

• Abstract:

  Breast cancer is a very prevalent and incident disease in women, with a diagnosis that, when given, brings a lot of suffering and anxiety to the patient, mainly due to the unfavorable data, as well as the treatment, which can bring many changes in the quality of life of the patient. patient in all biopsychosocial and physiological aspects because he is very incisive and aggressive. In this sense, the present study aims to report the experience of students in the 4th period of the Faculty of Medicine of the Centro Universitário Alfredo Nasser, using the Maguerez arch as a methodology, using a 49-year-old female patient as a sample. This is a descriptive study, therefore, an experience report, going through the five stages of the Arch of Maguerez: observation of reality, key points, theorization, solution hypotheses and application to reality. With the in-depth observation of the patient and the studies acquired after careful reading and immersed in the universe of the theme, it was possible to identify what to do to intervene and improve the problems arising from the treatment of breast cancer, prolonged with the use and side effects of tamoxifen, as well as the implementation of solutions and intervention proposals to improve the patient's concerns, reduce the side effects of medication use and try to reduce the psychological effects brought about by the long-term use of medication and hoping that the good results brought by the intervention in the patient's reality provide an improvement in her quality of life.