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Anxiety is an emotional and/or physiologic response that is a common experience among patients coping with any cancer diagnosis.
Depressive symptoms in people with cancer may be attributed to the diagnosis of cancer or to the side effects of cancer treatment.
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.
Sleep-wake disturbances are actual or perceived changes in night sleep with resulting daytime impairment.
Chemotherapy-induced diarrhea is the abnormal increase in stool liquidity and frequency associated with the administration of chemotherapeutic agents.
Mucositis is an inflammatory process that affects the mucous membranes of the oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract.
Dyspnea is a subjective experience of difficult breathing or sensation of breathlessness that can occur rapidly and lead to a feeling of impending doom.
Gastrointestinal side effects with immunotherapy can manifest as diarrhea, abdominal pain, or melena.
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.
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.