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Hand-foot syndrome

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-003720

A condition marked by pain, swelling, numbness, tingling, or redness of the hands or feet. It sometimes occurs as a side effect of certain anticancer drugs. Also called palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-003720
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymspalmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-003720",
  "term": "Hand-foot syndrome",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A condition marked by pain, swelling, numbness, tingling, or redness of the hands or feet. It sometimes occurs as a side effect of certain anticancer drugs. Also called palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia.",
  "synonyms": [
    "palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/hand-foot-syndrome/"
}

Record 8,267 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.