Palmar plantar erythrodysesthesia primary prevention

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Palmar plantar erythrodysesthesia (PPE) is a swelling and numbness of the hands and feet that occurs with chemotherapy, usually with fluorouracil, capecitabine, cytarabine, and doxorubicin.

Primary prevention

The cooling of hands and feet may help prevent PPE (Baack and Burgdorf, 1991; Zimmerman et al, 1995).