Side effects of chemotherapy for gastric cancer

The side effects of chemotherapy for gastric cancer include: 1. Bone marrow suppression, i.e., chemotherapy drugs inhibit bone marrow, causing significant decrease in white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets. 2. Serious gastrointestinal reactions, such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, diarrhea, etc. 3. Hair loss. 4. Increased blood pressure. 5. Showing skin reactions of hands and feet. 6. Peripheral neurotoxicity. Targeted drugs such as trastuzumab can cause allergic reactions and cardiac toxicity, apatinib can cause hypertension, proteinuria, skin reactions of hands and feet.