Cancer chemotherapy: with or without food?
BACKGROUND
Over the past few years, new chemotherapy agents have emerged, and several are oral. This review attempts to highlight the challenges associated with the interactions between food and chemotherapy, both oral and intravenous.


CONCLUSIONS
It provides tentative answers to three questions. Does oral chemotherapy bestow adverse effects derived from its oral administration, as related to food or taste? What instruction should health care providers give patients about food ingestion prior to prescribing oral chemotherapy? How should we counsel patients about eating before intravenous chemotherapy?
Jatoi
Aminah
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Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. jatoi.aminah@mayo.edu
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D018529:Nutritional Support; D010353:Patient Education as Topic
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents