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Neurology. Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a nerve -damaging side effect of antineoplastic agents in the common cancer treatment, chemotherapy. [1] CIPN afflicts between 30% and 40% of patients undergoing chemotherapy. Antineoplastic agents in chemotherapy are designed to eliminate rapidly dividing cancer cells, but they ...
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]
FOLFOX is given directly into the bloodstream through an intravenous line. It can be given through a thin, short tube (a cannula) put into a vein in the arm each time one has a treatment. It may also be given through a central line, a portacath, or a PICC line. These are long, plastic tubes that give the drugs directly into a large vein in the ...
Dermatology. 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 ...
Deanna Pai. My hair, pre-Worst News Ever. I showed up at his New York City salon after work on a chilly night in November and walked up the stairs to the second floor. The studio had huge windows ...
Fluorouracil. Fluorouracil (5-FU, 5-fluorouracil), sold under the brand name Adrucil among others, is a cytotoxic chemotherapy medication used to treat cancer. [3] By intravenous injection it is used for treatment of colorectal cancer, oesophageal cancer, stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, and cervical cancer. [3]
Tumor lysis syndrome. Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is a group of metabolic abnormalities that can occur as a complication from the treatment of cancer, [ 1 ] where large amounts of tumor cells are killed off (lysed) from the treatment, releasing their contents into the bloodstream. This occurs most commonly after the treatment of lymphomas and ...
FOLFOXIRI is a chemotherapy regimen for the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer. [1][2][3][4][5] The role of FOLFOXIRI in colorectal cancer has been reviewed. [1][6] The chemotherapy regimen is made up of the following four drugs: FOL – folinic acid (leucovorin), a vitamin B derivative that modulates/potentiates/reduces the side effects ...