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January 1, 2014Journal of Cancer TherapyOpen Access

Side Effects of Chemotherapy in Cancer Patients and Evaluation of Patients Opinion about Starvation Based Differential Chemotherapy

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Key result

Among 100 cancer patients, the most common chemotherapy side effects were weakness (95%), fatigue (90%), nausea (77%), hair loss (76%), and vomiting (75%), with only 18% willing to starve for more than 24 hours to reduce these effects.

Population

100 patients with multiple carcinomas, including breast cancer and uterine cancer, treated at ANMOL hospital…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

MAMuhammad AslamUniversity of the PunjabSNSidra NaveedAAAftab AhmedMercy St. Vincent Medical Center

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Implication

High chemotherapy side effect burden underscores need for better supportive care; cross-sectional data leaves open feasibility of fasting interventions.

Study Design

Type

Cross-Sectional (n=100)

Multicenter

No

Structured PICO

P
Population
100 cancer patients with multiple carcinomas undergoing chemotherapy in Pakistan, surveyed for chemotherapy side effects and willingness to undergo starvation-based differential chemotherapy.
E
Exposure
Chemotherapy (survey of side effects and patient opinion on starvation-based differential chemotherapy)
O
Outcome
Prevalence and severity of 12 common chemotherapy side effects and willingness to undergo starvation for different time lengthspatient reported

Chemotherapy causes highly prevalent side effects like weakness and fatigue in Pakistani cancer patients, and while most are open to starvation-based differential chemotherapy, few are willing to fast for more than 24 hours.

Limitations

  • Great variety in cancer types, disease duration, patient age, chemotherapy cycles, and drugs used.
  • Absence of a common factor among patients makes statistical correlations less reliable.
  • Most patients were illiterate and heavily dependent on doctors for medical decisions.
  • Great variety in cancer types, disease time, age of patient, chemotherapy cycle and the drug being used, leading to variation in results
  • Absence of common factor in the patients

Cite This Study

Aslam et al. (2014) conducted a cross-sectional in Cancer (multiple carcinomas) (n=100). Chemotherapy was evaluated on Prevalence of chemotherapy side effects. Among 100 cancer patients, the most common chemotherapy side effects were weakness (95%), fatigue (90%), nausea (77%), hair loss (76%), and vomiting (75%), with only 18% willing to starve for more than 24 hours to reduce these effects.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a98691423d2911645e41b5chttps://doi.org/10.4236/jct.2014.58089
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