Medical oncology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Prophylactic tropisetron versus rescue tropisetron in fractionated radiotherapy to moderate or high emetogenic areas: a prospective randomized open label study in cancer patients.
A prospective randomized open label study was carried out to evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of prophylactic tropisetron versus rescue tropisetron in fractionated radiotherapy. ⋯ Higher numbers of patients receiving prophylactic tropisetron completed RT with lower incidence of nausea and vomiting than those in the rescue tropisetron group.