Managing Chemotherapy Side Effects Chemotherapy or “chemo” medications may cure cancer, decrease relapse rates, and shrink tumors that cause pain and other symptoms (National Cancer Institute [NCI], 2015). Chemo halts or slows the division of fast-growing cancer cells...

Recognizing and Managing Anaphylaxis Anaphylaxis is a severe, life-threatening systemic allergic reaction, typically rapid in onset with airway, breathing, or circulatory problems, and usually but not always, associated with skin and mucosal changes (Cardona et al., 2020). The goal...