Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting and its correlation with the patient's quality of life in Lebanon

ABSTRACT

Objective: To estimate the frequency of patients in Lebanon who report an impact of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting [CINV] on their daily life and to evaluate the determinants of such impact, considering not only the prognostic factors related to the patient, disease and treatment, but also the intrinsic characteristics of the CINV, namely, the distinction between acute and delayed phase, and the intensity of nausea and vomiting