We used the Functional Living Index-Emesis (FLIE) questionnaire16 to measure the eff ect of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting on daily life. The FLIE questionnaire contained nine questions on nausea and nine questions on vomiting. Responses for every question were marked on a seven-point visual analogue scale. We calculated the nausea score, vomiting score, and total score by summing the responses within each domain and overall. We defi ned no eff ect on daily life as an average item score greater than six on the sevenpoint scale (>108 for the total score).17 The questionnaire was completed by patients on day 6 during cycle 1.