Impact of Chemotherapeutic Drug on People living with Cancer

    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
    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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