Onkológia 5/2023

Prevention and treatment of anticancer therapy-induced nausea and vomiting

Nausea and vomiting are considered to be most disturbing adverse events resulting from cytostatic treatment. Fortunately, discovering novel drugs in oncology is going hand in hand with improvements in supportive therapy and currently reccomended antiemetic agents control chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting very effectively.

Keywords: antiemetic drugs, chemotherapy, nausea, emesis