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The Role of Nurses in the Prevention and Management of Emesis from Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy

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Antiemetics in the Supportive Care of Cancer Patients

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Abstract

It has long since been established that cancer and its treatment can be a source of great distress for patients and their families. The time of diagnosis, as Greer remarked, is often viewed as a “catastrophic threat tantamount to a death sentence” [1]. Treatment is usually commenced soon after diagnosis and patients are then faced with the fear of death and the possible side-effects of treatment. While some patients are able to take the possibility of death stoically, many find the side-effects of treatment intolerable.

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  1. Liverpool Marie Curie Cancer Centre, Speke Road, Woolton, Liverpool, L25 8QA, UK

    Susie Wilkinson

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  1. Medical Oncology Division, Policlinico Monteluce, Via Brunamonti, 06122, Perugia, Italy

    Maurizio Tonato M.D.

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Wilkinson, S. (1996). The Role of Nurses in the Prevention and Management of Emesis from Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy. In: Tonato, M. (eds) Antiemetics in the Supportive Care of Cancer Patients. ESO Monographs. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80240-9_11

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