What is the best supportive care for lacrimation/rhinorrhea with pemetrexed for lung cancer?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
Antineoplastics drugs, such as pemetrexed, can damage the epithelial cells of the conjunctival mucosa. Inflammation and fibrosis of epithelial cells of the lacrimal duct following systemic chemotherapy may lead to lacrimal outflow obstruction and epiphora. The mechanism of lacrimation caused b...
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Medical Oncologist at Tufts University School of Medicine Thank you very much, @Manali I. Patel.
Thank you very much, @Manali I. Patel.