Intervention
fits
In the intervention group, each patient will be required to wear two normal-sized surgical gloves on each hand. Since surgeons use surgical gloves that fit snugly on their hands, a normal-sized surgical glove is defined as a surgeon's fit. The gloves will be worn 30 min before the administration of paclitaxel, throughout paclitaxel infusion, and for 30 min after the infusion. No additional interventions will be applied except for the surgical gloves. Notably, surgical gloves should fit the patients’ hands. The attending surgeons in this study will determine the appropriate glove size for each patient. They will place their palm against each patient’s palm and estimate the glove size that best fits each patient’s hand. Particularly, samples of every glove size will be prepared and confirmed for each patient by the surgeons before the intervention begins. We plan to standardize the use of one glove manufacturer, namely Protexis Latex Essential (Cardinal Health, IL, USA). In contrast, in the control group, patients will not wear surgical gloves or other hand coverings during the paclitaxel infusion.