Impact of Chemotherapeutic Drugs on Cancer Patients

January 2024 in “ International Research Journal of Modernization in Engineering Technology and Science ”

Arti Navnath Kamble, Waghmode, Santosh Jain, R Agarwal, S Kaye, D Parkin, F Bray, J Ferlay, P Pisani, P Pisani, D Parkin, F Bray, J Ferlay, Y Liaw, Y Huang, G Lien, A Jemal, R Siegel, E Ward, T Murray, J Xu, M Thun, A Spira, D Ettinger, R Herbst, P Bunn, Jr, L Broker, G Glaccone, C Chen, S You, L Lin, W Hsu, Y Yang, S Cohen, S Lippard, C Perkins, C Kim, G Fang, K Bhalla, P Anand, A Kunnumakkara, C Sundaram, J Wright, Devita, Vt, R Young, G Canellos, Devita, Chu Vt, M Hassan, J Ansari, D Spooner, S Hussain

chemotherapy hair loss breast cancer uterine cancer

TLDR Fasting may reduce chemotherapy side effects.

The study investigated the impact of hunger on reducing chemotherapy side effects among 100 cancer patients in Pakistan, with 48% having breast cancer and 11% having uterine cancer. Patients reported various side effects, including fatigue (90%), weakness (95%), hair loss (76%), and nausea (77%). The study found that hunger-based differential chemotherapy could significantly reduce these negative effects, although only 18% of patients agreed to fast for more than a day. The side effects varied widely and were not linked to the type of cancer but rather to factors like the type and dosage of the chemotherapy drug.

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