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The antitumoral chemotherapy, that is the use of medicines aimed at the destruction of neoplastic cells, is regarded as a cornerstone in tumor therapy. This therapy is nevertheless burdened with such frequent and intense side effects, that serious pain is induced in the patients and that doctors are often forced to space further out in time the treatments, to reduce the dosage, or even to interrupt the therapy. Besides, this is lived by the patients as a reduction of their life expectancy.
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Ricciuti, A. (2002). Systemic Support Therapy for Cancer Patients During and After Chemotherapy. In: Minati, G., Pessa, E. (eds) Emergence in Complex, Cognitive, Social, and Biological Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0753-6_28
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