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Foods That Prevent Nausea From Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill bacteria, viruses, fungi, and cancer cells. Most commonly, the term is used to refer to cancer-killing drugs. This article focuses on cancer chemotherapy.
Alternative Names
Cancer chemotherapy; Cancer drug therapy; Cytotoxic chemotherapy
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Chemotherapy drugs can be given by mouth or injection. Because the medicines travel through the bloodstream to the entire body, chemotherapy is considered a body-wide (systemic)...
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Nausea and acupressure
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