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Chemotherapy and You: Support for People With Cancer
    Posted: 06/29/2007
Chemotherapy Side Effects At-A-Glance

Below is a list of side effects that chemotherapy may cause. Not everyone gets every side effect. Which ones you have will depend on the type and dose of your chemotherapy and whether you have other health problems, such as diabetes or heart disease.

Talk with your doctor or nurse about the side effects on this list. Ask which ones may affect you and click on the link to learn more.

Names of the chemotherapy that I am getting:












You may have a lot of side effects, some, or none at all.


Side effectsSide effects that may affect you
Anemia 1 
Appetite changes 2 
Bleeding 3 
Constipation 4 
Diarrhea 5 
Fatigue 6 
Flu-like symptoms 7 
Fluid retention 8 
Hair loss 9 
Infection 10 
Infertility 11 
Mouth and throat changes 12 
Nausea and vomiting 13 
Nervous system changes 14 
Pain 15 
Sexual changes 16 
Skin and nail changes 17 
Eye changes 18 
Urinary, kidney, and bladder changes 19 


Table of Links

1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you/page7#SE1
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you/page7#SE2
3http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you/page7#SE3
4http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you/page7#SE4
5http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you/page7#SE5
6http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you/page7#SE6
7http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you/page7#SE18
8http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you/page7#SE19
9http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you/page7#SE7
10http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you/page7#SE8
11http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you/page7#SE9
12http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you/page7#SE10
13http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you/page7#SE11
14http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you/page7#SE12
15http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you/page7#SE13
16http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you/page7#SE14
17http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you/page7#SE15
18http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you/page7#SE20
19http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you/page7#SE16