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Management of Complications: Chemotherapy Related Complications, Acute Bowel Obstruction, Symptomatic Ascites and Pleural Effusion, Pulmonary Embolism, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Severe Pain, Chylous Ascites

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Patients with gynaecological cancer experience significant symptom burden throughout their disease course and treatment, which negatively impacts their quality of life. The most common symptoms and non-surgical complications amongst gynaecological oncology patients include pain, haemorrhage, deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism, ascites/pleural effusion, chylous ascites, bowel obstruction and chemotherapy-related side effects. When treating women with gynaecological cancer, goals of care may evolve from cure to symptom control and maintaining quality of life during terminal stages. The management of non-surgical complication in gynaecological oncology is discussed in this chapter.

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    Anastasios Tranoulis

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  3. Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University College of Medical Sciences & Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India

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Tranoulis, A., Joy, H., Gupta, B. (2022). Management of Complications: Chemotherapy Related Complications, Acute Bowel Obstruction, Symptomatic Ascites and Pleural Effusion, Pulmonary Embolism, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Severe Pain, Chylous Ascites. In: Singh, K., Gupta, B. (eds) Gynecological Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94110-9_10

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