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Intervention research regarding CINV in pediatric patients consists of studies with subjects younger than 18 years old.
Intervention research regarding chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) in adults consist of studies with sample subjects who are at least 18 years old.
Intractable pain or refractory pain occurs when pain cannot be adequately controlled despite aggressive measures.
Chronic pain persists for three months or more. Cancer-related chronic pain may result from cancer treatment but is most frequently caused by bone metastasis.
Breakthrough pain is sudden, brief pain that occurs during a period when chronic pain is generally well controlled (typically, controlled with opiods).
Acute pain is typically related to diagnostic procedures and cancer treatment and is generally defined as lasting no longer than three months.
Cancer-related fatigue may be related to the disease itself or to the cancer treatment. It may be an isolated problem or occur in a cluster of symptoms.
Patients receiving standard chemotherapy regimens for solid tumors are at lower risk for development of febrile neutropenia and infection than patients who undergo bone marrow or stem cell transplantation.
Biomarker testing through next generation sequencing (NGS) technology has enabled precision oncology to deliver faster, cheaper, and more accurate tumor data.