Chemotherapy Side Effects

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Chemotherapy Side Effects

Major chemotherapy side effects: myelosuppression (nadir day 10-14), CINV (chemotherapy-induced nausea/vomiting), mucositis, alopecia, peripheral neuropathy, cardiotoxicity. Prophylactic antiemetics are standard.

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What is cancer chemotherapy?Cancer chemotherapy is a type of cancer treatment. It uses medicines to destroy cancer cells.Normally, your body forms new cells as needed, replacing old cells that die. Cancer cells keep growing without control. New cells grow even when you don't need them, and old cells don't die when they should. These extra cells can form a mass called a tumor. Chemotherapy works by killing the cancer…

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