Editing Chemotherapy (section)

=== Other side-effects ===
Less common side-effects include red skin ([[erythema]]), dry skin, damaged fingernails, a dry mouth ([[xerostomia]]), [[Water retention (medicine)|water retention]], and [[sexual impotence]]. Some medications can trigger [[allergic]] or [[pseudoallergic]] reactions.

Specific chemotherapeutic agents are associated with organ-specific toxicities, including [[cardiovascular disease]] (e.g., [[doxorubicin]]), [[interstitial lung disease]] (e.g., [[bleomycin]]) and occasionally [[secondary neoplasm]] (e.g., [[MOPP (medicine)|MOPP]] therapy for Hodgkin's disease).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shannon |first=Vickie R. |title=Oncologic Critical Care |chapter=Cancer Treatment-Related Lung Injury |date=2019-07-09 |pages=531–556 |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-74588-6_52 |pmc=7123056|isbn=978-3-319-74587-9 }}</ref>

[[Chemotherapy-induced acral erythema|Hand-foot syndrome]] is another side effect to cytotoxic chemotherapy.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kwakman |first1=Johannes J.M. |last2=Elshot |first2=Yannick S. |last3=Punt |first3=Cornelis J.A. |last4=Koopman |first4=Miriam |date=2020-05-13 |title=Management of cytotoxic chemotherapy-induced hand-foot syndrome |journal=Oncology Reviews |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=442 |doi=10.4081/oncol.2020.442 |issn=1970-5565 |pmc=7232019 |pmid=32431787}}</ref>

Nutritional problems are also frequently seen in cancer patients at diagnosis and through chemotherapy treatment. Research suggests that in children and young people undergoing cancer treatment, [[parenteral nutrition]] may help with this leading to weight gain and increased calorie and protein intake, when compared to enteral nutrition.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ward EJ, Henry LM, Friend AJ, Wilkins S, Phillips RS | title = Nutritional support in children and young people with cancer undergoing chemotherapy | journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | issue = 8 | pages = CD003298 | date = August 2015 | volume = 2015 | pmid = 26301790 | doi = 10.1002/14651858.cd003298.pub3 | pmc = 8752126 }}</ref>