{"title":"Local toxicities of chemotherapy.","authors":"D Betcher","doi":"10.1177/104345428700400123","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Toxicities of chemotherapeutic agents include myelosuppression, dose-related cardiotoxicity, renal toxicity, and local tissue damage following extravasation of certain drugs into the subcutaneous tissue. As the benefits from the chemotherapeutic treatment of cancer increases, attention needs to be given to the prevention and treatment of the associated side effects of these agents. Severe toxicity as a result of chemotherapy may delay needed therapy or even lead the patient to refuse future treatments.","PeriodicalId":77742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses","volume":"4 1-2","pages":"56-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/104345428700400123","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of the Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/104345428700400123","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Toxicities of chemotherapeutic agents include myelosuppression, dose-related cardiotoxicity, renal toxicity, and local tissue damage following extravasation of certain drugs into the subcutaneous tissue. As the benefits from the chemotherapeutic treatment of cancer increases, attention needs to be given to the prevention and treatment of the associated side effects of these agents. Severe toxicity as a result of chemotherapy may delay needed therapy or even lead the patient to refuse future treatments.