Prevention of Nausea and Vomiting in Cancer Patients

• Main Authors: Aapro, Matti. (Author), Jordan, Karin. (Author), Feyer, Petra. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Tarporley : Springer Healthcare Ltd. : Imprint: Springer Healthcare, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiotherapy.; Oncology.; Pharmacotherapy.; Medicine & Public Health.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Treatment tolerance is a challenge for most cancer patients, and it is therefore essential that healthcare professionals (HCPs) are quick to recognize adverse events and implement management strategies to address them. Prevention of Nausea and Vomiting in Cancer Patients provides comprehensive guida...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Pathophysiology and classification of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
• Risk factors associated with nausea and vomiting after chemotherapy
• Risk factors associated with nausea and vomiting after radiotherapy
• Antiemetic drugs
• Antiemetic prophylaxis of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
• Antiemetic prophylaxis of radiotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
• Summary of the approach to treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
• Conclusions and future directions.