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Alternative Therapies in the Treatment of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting

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Antiemetics in the Supportive Care of Cancer Patients

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Abstract

Although it is generally recognised that unorthodox therapies have no objective antitumor activity [1], it is estimated that 30–50% of cancer patients use these unproven methods either alone or along with established cancer therapies [2,3]. Physicians therefore have to be acquainted with alternative therapies, which will only disappear when the majority of malignancies are cured. A large proportion of patients using alternative therapies do so in an attempt to improve resistance and quality of life by mitigating the side-effects of chemotherapy or radiotherapy [3].

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Herrstedt, J. (1996). Alternative Therapies in the Treatment of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting. 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_13

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