Unfortunately, greater survival rates and longevity mean increased exposure to potentially harmful oculo-toxic substances and a higher incidence of oculo-visual side effects. Patients receiving chemotherapy may complain of symptoms that can imitate functional disorders such as blurred vision and photophobia ...
Women diagnosed with ovarian cancer or breast cancer often face aggressive chemotherapy involving multiple treatment regimens. These treatments may be associated with significant side-effects that adversely impact patient quality of life. In this review, we will highlight recent research on side-effects ...
(redirected fromSide effects of chemotherapy) Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia che·mo·ther·a·py (kē′mō-thĕr′ə-pē, kĕm′ō-) n. 1.The treatment of cancer using specific chemical agents or drugs that are selectively destructive to malignant cells and tissues. ...
Chemotherapy may experience the following side effects: However, these side effects do not appear in all patients due to the large individual differences, and some patients may not experience any side effects at all. In addition, side effects may vary from treatment type to treatment type, dose...
Review: Cannabinoids control chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting but increase the risk for side effects doi:10.7326/acpjc-2002-136-1-019CANNABINOIDSDRUG therapyNAUSEAVOMITINGPresents an abstract of the study 'Cannabinoids for Control of Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomitin...
L. Brown, A. Smith, on behalf of the Care Team 81 Development of education tools to help improve nurse education and patient management in the management of chemotherapy side effects Lung Cancer, Volume 57, Supplement 1, August 2007, Pages S22 PDF (44 K) View more articles »Citing...
Hematologic side effects of immune checkpoint inhibitor with or without chemotherapy in patients with advanced and metastatic gastrointestinal cancer: A sy... Background: The regimens of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) alone or with chemotherapy are emerging as systemic therapy for patients with adva...
side‐effectssymptomsBackground: Fear of side-effects can result in non-adherence to medical interventions, such as medication and chemotherapy. Side-effect expectations have been identified as strong predictors of later perception of side-effects. However, research investigating predictors of side-effect...
Chemotherapy side effects remain a huge challenge in the treatment of oncology diseases, in particular in the treatment of lung cancer- in some cases even limiting the achievement of maximal therapeutic effect. This article is a review of the main chemotherapy and targeted therapy related adverse ev...
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