Treating Nausea and Vomiting in Advanced Cancer.

Publication: American Family Physician

Publication Date: 01-JUN-01

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COPYRIGHT 2001 American Academy of Family Physicians

(Hong Kong--The Hong Kong Practitioner, December 2000, p. 601.) Between 40 and 70 percent of patients with advanced cancer suffer from significant nausea and vomiting. These symptoms may directly result from the cancer, might be caused by a secondary effect such as gastrointestinal blockage or raised intracranial pressure, or...

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