title: Clinical safety of chemotherapy for elderly cancer patients complicated with hypertension.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To access the safety of chemotherapy for elderly cancer patients complicated with hypertension.
  
  
  METHODS
  Elderly cancer patients who were complicated with hypertension and treated by chemotherapy were recruited. All patients were treated by chemotherapy after an intervention on hypertension by psychotherapy, exercise guidance, salt regulation and nutrition support, therapy on hypertension, as well as prevention on hypertension associated complications.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 68 eligible patients, two suspended chemotherapy because of adverse reactions and 4 because of disease progression. The remaining 62 patients completed chemotherapy smoothly based on good hypertension control.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With effective control of blood pressure, chemotherapy for elderly cancer patients complicated with hypertension is generally safe.
authors.affiliation: Deaprtment of Internal Medicine, Gao Gang People Hospital, Taizhou, China E-mail : huangxinen06@aliyun.com.
authors.forename: Ya-Dong
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xin-En
authors.initials: XE
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012449:Safety