Impact of dexamethasone-sparing regimens on delayed nausea caused by moderately or highly emetogenic chemotherapy: a meta-analysis of randomised evidence

Abstract Background Nausea can be particularly prominent during the delayed period. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis of the available randomised evidence to assess the average effect of palonosetron plus one-day dexamethasone (DEX; also called the DEX-sparing strategy) compared with palonoset...

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Main Authors: Luigi Celio, Erminio Bonizzoni, Emma Zattarin, Paolo Codega, Filippo de Braud, Matti Aapro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-6454-y