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A number of different types of cutaneous reactions that affect the skin, hair, and nails can occur with cancer treatment.
Anorexia is the involuntary loss of appetite that has been reported to be as high as 80% in patients with various types of late-stage cancers.
Cancer treatment-related hot flashes may also be referred to as hot flushes, vasomotor symptoms, night sweats, and menopausal 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.
Breakthrough pain is sudden, brief pain that occurs during a period when chronic pain is generally well controlled (typically, controlled with opiods).
Mucositis is an inflammatory process that affects the mucous membranes of the oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract.
Intractable pain or refractory pain occurs when pain cannot be adequately controlled despite aggressive measures.
Patients undergoing transplantation are at high risk for infection with a variety of pathogens at multiple phases in their care.
Chemotherapy-induced diarrhea is the abnormal increase in stool liquidity and frequency associated with the administration of chemotherapeutic agents.