Chemotherapy: Open Access
Open Access

Abstract

Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting (CINV): the Achilles Heel of Oncologists

Caterina Soldà and Davide Pastorelli

The incidence of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) has been decreasing through improvements of antiemetic drugs and refinements of antiemetic guidelines. However,CINV still occurs in approximately half of patients receiving cancer chemotherapy .