Fatigue Continues to be Most Common Side Effect of Chemotherapydoi:10.1097/01.COT.0000267775.65318.12&NAOncology Times
Studies also suggest that ginger can help reduce nausea, dizziness, and vertigo, three other common side effects of chemotherapy, so ginger can be used in conjunction with conventional cancer treatment to help reduce the side effects. Crystalised ginger can also be consumed if fresh ginger is too...
The most common side effect of the regimen was low blood platelet count, which affected more than 9% of patients, followed by anemia and hypophosphatemia (low phosphorous levels). Fourteen patients received chemotherapy after treatment and nearly 7% of patients developed Guillain-Barré syndrome, a ...
CBD and Chemotherapy Medication One of the benefits of cannabidiol is its use in cancer therapy, particularly in combating the side effects of cancer treatment, such as nausea, vomiting, and weight loss. CBD can prolong the time it takes to process certain chemotherapy drugs, such as etoposid...
Luckily, this type of hair loss is almost always temporary. "The hair will usually regain its thickness in six to nine months," says Dr. Harth. Chemotherapy Anagen effluvium is a type of hair loss that happens all over the body, and is a side effect of chemotherapy: a drug treatment th...
ECU Exercise Medicine Research Institute (EMRI) Director and study lead Professor Daniel Galvao said nearly half of patients with prostate cancer report having unmet sexual health care needs. “Sexual dysfunction is a common, distressing, and persistent side effect of...
the device has shown clinical efficacy comparable to that of active chemotherapies with better quality of life and without many of the side effects of chemotherapy. The most commonly reported side effect from NovoTTF-100A treatment was a mild-to-moderate rash beneath the transducer arrays. The No...
When chemotherapy and radiation therapy are used to kill the cancerous cells, they harm healthy cells in the process. In fact, chemotherapy can kill people faster than the cancer would have. A few natural supplements suggested for fighting cancer may have the potential to be toxic to the body...
Fig. 7. Signaling pathways of combination efficacy of baicalein and chemotherapy drugs. Table 2. In vivo studies of anti-cancer effects of baicalein in the treatment of cancers. CancerAnimal ModelsBaicalein doseConclusionsReference Lung cancer B(a)P-induced lung cancer 50 mg/kg, b.wt., p....
Null models for the effect of combination therapies are widely used to evaluate synergy and antagonism of drugs. Due to the relevance of null models, their suitability is continuously discussed. Here, we contribute to the discussion by investigating the