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 ...

WHEN Jane Haley began suffering from pains in her jaw and cheek, she put it down to her body fighting an infection. But it ...

Chilly fingers and toes are generally nothing to worry about, but they can sometimes indicate a more serious condition.

The study covered in this summary was published on Research Square as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.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 ...

Fingers frozen to the bone? It’s normal to be colder in the winter — but what’s not normal is extremities growing so cold that they go numb and turn white. Fortunately, it could very well be a ...

Hand, foot, and mouth disease is a common viral illness that causes, symptoms like fever, rash, and mouth sores. Though HFMD occurs most often in children, adults can get it, too, and may have ...

European Union (EU) vs. non-EU (NOEU) countries study compliance: the experience of the phase III FLORENCE study testing febuxostat in the Tumor Lysis Syndrome (TLS) prevention. This is an ASCO ...

Hand-foot syndrome (HFS) is a dose-limiting side effect of capecitabine. Celecoxib prevents HFS by inhibiting cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) that is upregulated because of the underlying associated ...

Hand-foot syndrome (HFS), or palmoplantar erythrodysesthesia, is a dermatological toxicity produced by the fluoropyrimidine chemotherapy agents capecitabine and fluorouracil and affects 43-71% of ...

Mathias Uribe's parents made the difficult decision after he was diagnosed with pneumonia and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome Getty The parents of a 14-year-old boy in Tennessee made the difficult ...