PURPOSE: to accomplish a retrospective analysis for medical records of oncologic patient for audiological monitoring. METHODS: the patients' medical records in attendance were used from September to November, 2006. The sample constituted of 25 medical records of individuals with ages between 1 and 53-year old. The data were analyzed as for the following aspects: age, sex, cancer classification, time having the disease, used drugs, time of chemotherapy treatment, associated diseases, accomplishment of otorhinolaryngologic and audiologic evaluation. RESULTS: we verified the lack of audiologic and otorhinolaryngologic care. Vincristina was the most used ototoxic drug. The type of cancer with larger occurrence in the section was the Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. The time that the individuals had the cancer was of approximately 16 months and the time of chemotherapy treatment for the patient was about 11 months. We observed the presence of diseases associated to cancer in the studied individuals. CONCLUSION: we evidenced the need for installing audiological monitoring programs in the sectors that accomplish chemotherapy in oncologic patients, since that this treatment uses ototoxic drugs in several pathologies.
Monitoring; Neoplasms; Drug Therapy; Hearing Loss
