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Cancer Therapy
Chemotherapy-induced nausea/vomiting on women's functional status studied
October 13th, 2005
The effect of chemotherapy-induced nausea/vomiting on women's functional status was recently studied. "Nausea and vomiting are among the most distressing symptoms for cancer patients treated with chemotherapy even with the widespread use of 5-HT3 antagonists," according to researchers from the United States. "Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is composed of 4 major components: acute nausea, delayed nausea, acute vomiting, and delayed vomiting. Determining the relationship of each component of CINV on the functional status of women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer was the purpose of this study." J. Lee and colleagues describe...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-10-13)
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