A utilização dos anticorpos monoclonais na terapêutica clínica contra o câncer

Abstract

The incidence of cancer in Brazil and throughout the world, is the rhythm that accompanies aging population due to increased life expectancy of the population. With the development of Monoclonal Antibodies, science has contributed to the increased efficacy of treatment and thus creating therapeutic possibilities for some neoplasias, rather untreatable with conventional therapies. A cancer therapy using Monoclonal Antibodies is quite complex and little studied in nursing, but requires an increasingly skilled and trained staff to perform adequate assistance for patients undergoing this treatment line, requiring the knowledge of nurses about the characteristics of these drugs. It is an integrative review on the main Monoclonal Antibodies currently used in cancer treatment, as well as the main adverse effects thereof. The survey of bibliographical reference was performed by searching for articles in a database online in the Virtual Library Saúde.O work aims at the identification of major general monoclonal antibodies used in clinical therapy against cancer and major adverse reactions. The references used are related to nursing, oncology and monoclonal antibodies.