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Nausea and Vomiting in Cancer

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Nausea is a subjective phenomenon of an unpleasant, wavelike sensation experienced in the back of the throat and/or the epigastrium often culminating in vomiting (emesis). Vomiting is the forceful expulsion of the contents of the stomach, duodenum, or jejunum through the oral cavity. Vomiting can serve the function of emptying a noxious chemical from the gut, and nausea appears to play a role in a conditioned response to avoid ingestion of offending substances.

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Kumar, N.B. (2012). Nausea and Vomiting in Cancer. In: Nutritional Management of Cancer Treatment Effects. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27233-2_6

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