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RINV Risk Factors

Patient-specific and therapy-specific risk factors will play a role in whether you experience nausea and vomiting. Not all people being treated with radiation therapy will experience nausea and vomiting.

Patient-Specific Risk Factors

You may experience RINV if:

you are older; adults are more likely to experience RINV than children
you are female
you had nausea and vomiting during previous treatments

Therapy-Specific Risk Factors

RINV is most common in people who are given radiation to the brain or digestive system, especially the stomach and small intestines.

Certain radiation treatments can increase the risk of RINV:

Radiation to the stomach, head, and small intestine is most likely to cause RINV.
The larger the area being treated with radiation, the more likely the risk of RINV.
Total body radiation before a bone marrow transplant may put a person at very high-risk for RINV.
Higher doses are more likely to cause RINV.

Single, large doses — as opposed to a series of smaller doses
— are more likely to cause RINV.

Chemotherapy given at the same time as radiation therapy increases the risk for RINV.








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