Certain oral chemotherapies may cause hand-foot syndrome, but reducing the dose of the drug allows it to heal, an expert told CURE®. Understanding the impact of side effects from drugs such as Xeloda ...

Oral vitamin B12 supplements may offer an additional way to prevent hand-foot syndrome, a common side effect of chemotherapy with capecitabine, a clinical trial suggested. The phase 3 trial, conducted ...

The study covered in this summary was published on Research Square as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. PLD is a key drug for platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer but the risk for ...

Certain chemotherapy drugs, notably capecitabine, can cause a side effect known as palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia (hand-foot syndrome), a painful swelling and inflammation of the hands and feet ...