ABSTRAK
ABSTRACT
Background: Breast cancer is the most common cause of death among women. A
standard systemic treatment for women with advanced breast cancer include
chemotherapy, targeted therapy and endocrine therapy. Chemotherapy is usually
associated with tumor lysis syndrome that occurs in cancer patients. Tumor lysis
syndrome occurs when tumor cells release their contents into the bloodstream,
either spontaneously or in response to treatment, which leads to the characteristic
findings of hyperuricemia, hyperkalemia, hyperphosphatemia and hypocalcemia.
Although not life-threatening, but electrolyte disturbances due to chemotherapy
potentially cause cardiotoxic effects (chemotherapy-related cardiotoxic) and
nephropathy progression to acute renal failure. Careful monitoring of serum
electrolytes play a very important role in the prognosis of the disease.
Methods: A retrospective study using medical records of 28 breast cancer
patients who receive chemotherapy period of 2015 at RSP Unhas. Data were
analyzed using Microsoft Office Excel 2007 to observe changes in the levels of
potassium, sodium, and chloride after chemotherapy.
Results: There are no changes in potassium levels of breast cancer patients after
chemotherapy. There are no changes in sodium levels of breast cancer patients
after chemotherapy. There are changes in chloride levels of breast cancer patients
after chemotherapy at Hasanuddin University Hospital in 2015.
Conclusion: Potassium and sodium serum levels of patients did not change
prominently after chemotherapy, whereas serum chloride levels of patients
changed quite prominent.
Key words: Breast cancer, chemotherapy, potassium, sodium, chloride.