Kristopher Dennis, Liying Zhang, Stephen Lutz, Angela van Baardwijk, Yvette van der Linden, Tanya Holt, Palmira Foro Arnalot, Jean-Léon Lagrange, Ernesto Maranzano, Rico Liu, Kam-Hung Wong, Lea-Choung Wong, Vassilios Vassiliou, Benjamin W Corn, Carlo De Angelis, Lori Holden, C Shun Wong, Edward Chow
PURPOSE: To investigate international patterns of practice in the management of radiation therapy-induced nausea and vomiting (RINV). METHODS AND MATERIALS: Oncologists prescribing radiation therapy in the United States, Canada, The Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Italy, France, Hong Kong, Singapore, Cyprus, and Israel completed a Web-based survey that was based on 6 radiation therapy-only clinical cases modeled after the minimal-, low-, moderate-, and high-emetic risk levels defined in the antiemetic guidelines of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer...
September 1, 2012: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics