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  2. Post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment - Wikipedia

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    The systems of the body most affected by chemotherapy drugs include visual and semantic memory, attention and motor coordination and executive functioning. [9] [10] These effects can impair a chemotherapy patient's ability to understand and make decisions regarding treatment, perform in school or employment and can reduce quality of life. [10]

  3. Docetaxel - Wikipedia

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    [12] [25] As with all chemotherapy, adverse effects are common, and many side effects have been documented. [17] [19] Because docetaxel is a cell-cycle-specific agent, it is cytotoxic to all dividing cells in the body. [26] This includes tumour cells as well as hair follicles, bone marrow and other germ cells.

  4. Chemotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Nausea and vomiting are two of the most feared cancer treatment-related side-effects for people with cancer and their families. In 1983, Coates et al. found that people receiving chemotherapy ranked nausea and vomiting as the first and second most severe side-effects, respectively. [98]

  5. Dacarbazine - Wikipedia

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    Like many chemotherapy drugs, dacarbazine may have numerous serious side effects, because it interferes with normal cell growth as well as cancer cell growth. Among the most serious possible side effects are birth defects to children conceived or carried during treatment; sterility, possibly permanent; or immune suppression (reduced ability to ...

  6. Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy - Wikipedia

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    Side effects of thalidomide-induced peripheral neuropathy include sensory symptoms, possible motor impairment, and gastrointestinal and cardiovascular autonomic manifestations. The symptoms of immunomodulatory drugs may dictate whether treatment is continued or discontinued, and they can last long-term after chemotherapy completion. [3]

  7. Cyclophosphamide - Wikipedia

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    Cyclophosphamide (CP), also known as cytophosphane among other names, [3] is a medication used as chemotherapy and to suppress the immune system. [4] As chemotherapy it is used to treat lymphoma, multiple myeloma, leukemia, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, small cell lung cancer, neuroblastoma, and sarcoma. [4]

  8. Hyper-CVAD - Wikipedia

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    Hyper-CVAD chemotherapy is generally reserved for use in the treatment of serious and aggressive forms of hematological malignancy. There are serious side effects and complications arising from the administration of the various agents, which require careful management in an appropriate health-care setting.

  9. Chemoprotective agent - Wikipedia

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    Chemo-protective agents are common drugs and like many other drugs, may have side effects of their own. Each agent has different side effects though the most common consist of dizziness, sleepiness, nausea, fever, etc. [ 3 ] It is important to discuss the side effects of these drugs with a doctor before using them to combat any type of ...