Anticipatory nausea and vomiting: are psychological factors adequately investigated?
Current research on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in cancer patients is reviewed, and some hypotheses to explain why anticipatory and post-chemotherapy nausea and vomiting appear are suggested. Methodological problems are also discussed. It is suggested that future research should focus on post-chemotherapy nausea and emesis, rather than anticipatory nausea and emesis, in order to achieve a deeper understanding of the psychological factors involved in the development of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Area de Psicologia Bàsica, Spain.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001245:Association Learning; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009325:Nausea / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000523:psychology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D012803:Sick Role; D014840:Vomiting, Anticipatory / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000523:psychology*
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents