Garcia Gomez, J., Perez Lopez, M. E., Garcia Mata, J., Isla Casado, D., & SEOM (Spanish Society for Medical Oncology). (2010). SEOM clinical guidelines for the treatment of antiemetic prophylaxis in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Clinical & Translational Oncology, 12, 770-774.
To update the 2005 Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM) clinical guidelines for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced emesis and to continue to improve the supportive care of patients with cancer
The Clinical Guideline Working Group, on behalf of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM) Executive Committee, provided expert opinion based on a review of the literature covering patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy.
All patients were in active treatment. This paper has application to antiemetic drugs.
Prevention of CINV can be accomplished through pharmacologic interventions, increasing patients' quality of life. The use of 5-HT3, along with dexamethasone and aprepitant, seems to be the most effective regimen. Although these recommendations are helpful, no insight into cost implications and little discussion of potential side effects of antiemetic treatment were provided. Additionally, the recommendations offered are purely pharmacologic and, thus, only aimed at those with prescriptive authority.