Symptom management: the utility of regional cooling for hand-foot syndrome induced by pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in ovarian cancer

Seiko Bun,Mayu Yunokawa,Yoshiko Tamaki,Akihiko Shimomura,Tatsunori Shimoi,Makoto Kodaira,Chikako Shimizu,Kan Yonemori,Yasuhiro Fujiwara,Yoshinori Makino,Hiroyuki Terakado,Kenji Tamura

Symptom management: the utility of regional cooling for hand-foot syndrome induced by pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in ovarian cancer

2018

Seiko Bun
Mayu Yunokawa
Yoshiko Tamaki
Akihiko Shimomura
Tatsunori Shimoi
Makoto Kodaira
Chikako Shimizu
Kan Yonemori
Yasuhiro Fujiwara
Yoshinori Makino
Hiroyuki Terakado
Kenji Tamura

Purpose Hand-foot syndrome (HFS) is a major side effect of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD). Regional cooling during PLD infusion was shown to improve severe HFS. We investigated the utility of frozen gloves and socks (FGS) as a simpler cooling method.

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Intensive care medicine
Ovarian cancer
Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin
Oncology
Medicine
Hand-Foot Syndrome
Side effect
Internal medicine
Doxorubicin
Urology
symptom management
advanced ovarian cancer
Carboplatin

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