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  2. Cancer and nausea - Wikipedia

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    Cancer and nausea are associated in about fifty percent of people affected by cancer. [1] This may be as a result of the cancer itself, or as an effect of the treatment such as chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or other medication such as opiates used for pain relief. About 70–80% of people undergoing chemotherapy experience nausea or vomiting.

  3. Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting - Wikipedia

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    Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is a common side-effect of many cancer treatments. Nausea and vomiting are two of the most feared cancer treatment-related side effects for cancer patients and their families. In 1983, Coates et al. found that patients receiving chemotherapy ranked nausea and vomiting as the first and second most ...

  4. Chemoreceptor trigger zone - Wikipedia

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    Chemotherapy is a major cause of emesis, and often can cause severe and frequent emetic responses. This is because chemotherapy agents circulating in the blood activate the CTZ in such a way as to cause emesis. [13] Patients receiving chemotherapy are often prescribed antiemetic medications.

  5. Should you see a doctor for that skin rash? Experts share ...

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    At the more serious end is Stevens-Johnson syndrome, Hu says, which starts with flu-like symptoms and a blistering, painful rash. The rash also typically spreads quickly, the Mayo Clinic says.

  6. These Pictures Will Help You Identify the Most Common Skin Rashes

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    This contagious skin rash is caused by streptococcus and staphylococcus bacteria that enter the body through compromised skin. Other symptoms to note: Initially, red blisters form at the infection ...

  7. Chemotherapy-induced acral erythema - Wikipedia

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    Chemotherapy-induced acral erythema, also known as palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia or hand-foot syndrome is reddening, swelling, numbness and desquamation (skin sloughing or peeling) on palms of the hands and soles of the feet (and, occasionally, on the knees, elbows, and elsewhere) that can occur after chemotherapy in patients with cancer.

  8. Side effects of bicalutamide - Wikipedia

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    General side effects of bicalutamide that may occur in either sex include diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain, nausea, dry skin, itching, and rash. In men with prostate cancer, bicalutamide monotherapy has been found to increase the likelihood of death due to causes other than prostate cancer. Bicalutamide has been found to cause unfavorable ...

  9. Cancer pain - Wikipedia

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    Most chronic (long-lasting) pain is caused by the illness and most acute (short-term) pain is caused by treatment or diagnostic procedures. However, radiotherapy, surgery and chemotherapy may produce painful conditions that persist long after treatment has ended.