Doctors say baldness as a result of chemotherapy-induced alopecia causes personal, social and professional anxiety.

A hidden immune stress switch may be driving chemotherapy nerve pain and scientists have found a way to turn it off.

If your doctor has recommended chemotherapy as part of your cancer treatment, you might be nervous. Maybe you have had a family member who found the treatment grueling or a friend who experienced ...

After seeing friends shave their heads to deal with hair loss during chemotherapy for breast cancer, Florida resident Jo Steinhart, 70, hoped that she would not have to do the same after getting ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Getting a cancer diagnosis can be terrifying for a patient and their family. While doctors treat the disease, families process the stress of a life-threatening illness. A group ...

Many patients wonder why their chemotherapy infusions take so long, so three health care professionals explained the process from start to finish. When patients show up to their infusion center for ...

In the second phase, data were collected twice, once for the observation stage (preintervention) and once for the evaluation stage (postintervention). The data collected for both the observation and ...

Chemotherapy is a high-risk medication and is the second most common cause of fatal medication errors. The ordering process can be unsafe and inefficient, putting patients at risk for medication ...

Revisions to the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology/Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Administration Safety Standards: Expanding the Scope to Include Inpatient Settings Forty-four (80%) of ...

This is a review article written after watching the broadcast. 'You Quiz on the Block' comedian Park Mi-sun candidly spoke about her difficult chemotherapy treatment process. On the afternoon of the ...