Background: Cancer, a term that elicits a shock in the nerve endings of every individual touches every country in the world.

Material and Method: It was a prospective observational study. The study was carried out between November 2015 to April 2016 conducted in medical Oncology & Radiation Oncology Department in P.B.M. hospital and associated group of hospital, Bikaner.

Result: female 43(252) were more affected by ADR as compared to male patients 34 (164). anaemia (14.42%) was the most common ADR followed by Vomiting (10.34%) and Nausea (9.13%).

Conclusion: Chemotherapeutic drugs have a narrow therapeutic index and the dosage needed to achieve a therapeutic response usually proves toxic to the body’s rapidly proliferating cells.

Keywords: ADRs, Cancer, Chemotherapy.

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