What Are the Causes of Nausea in Cancer Patients?

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Tip 1 - What causes nausea and vomiting in people with cancer?

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Aileen x 6219 | permalink

Nausea and vomiting in the person with cancer can be caused by many different things:

For further reading: http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/physicalsideeffects/nauseaandvomiting/nauseaandvomiting/nausea-and-vomiting-causes ^[1]

Tip 2 - Nausea and Vomiting

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jeff Passavant | permalink

Expert-reviewed information summary about nausea and vomiting as complications of cancer or its treatment. Approaches to the management of nausea and vomiting are discussed.

For further reading: http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/side-effects/nausea/nausea-pdq ^[2]

Tip 3 - Chemotherapy- and cancer-related nausea and vomiting

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jeff Hauswirth | permalink

Approximately one half of cancer patients will experience nausea or vomiting during the course of their disease either because of the cancer itself or because of their treatment. Emesis attributable to cancer warrants a careful investigation to determine ...

For further reading: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2216421/ ^[3]