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Expert Insights: SG Adverse Events Management including Alopecia & Nausea

Panelists discuss how to manage side effects of sacituzumab govitecan (SG), including counseling on alopecia, proactive management strategies, routine antiemetic premedications, and adjustments for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, as well as recommended breakthrough antinausea medications for home use.

Video content above is prompted by the following:

  • Aside from neutropenia and diarrhea, we may also see alopecia and nausea with sacituzumab govitecan (SG)….
  • What do you counsel your patients regarding the alopecia associated with SG? Are there any proactive management strategies?
  • Please comment on your routine antiemetics premedications for SG.
  • If your patient experiences chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting with their first infusion of SG on Day 1, how do you typically manage their antinausea meds for Day 8 infusion?
  • What breakthrough antinausea medications do you generally prescribe for patients to have at home?

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