Symptom Management Overview
This symptom management article describes the approach to rasburicase-induced hemolytic anemia in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, which may occur intravascularly in this patient population.
For patients diagnosed with cancer, the annual incidence of VTE is approximately 20%, and the risk for VTE in this patient population is estimated to be 7 times higher than in the general population.
Targeting and inhibiting the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-signaling pathway has become an integral modality in the treatment of a variety of malignancies, including renal-cell carcinoma (RCC); glioblastoma; hepatocellular carcinoma; gastrointestinal stromal tumors; and colorectal, lung, gastric, and ovarian cancers.
This section provides a quick update of symptomatic conditions in oncology and their management. Readers are invited to submit brief updates following the guidelines at www.JHOPonline.com.
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