Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy - Causes, Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention

Overview

Overview

Chemotherapy is one of the treatments used to cure cancer. It involves the usage of powerful chemicals to kill fast growing cells in your body. It can be used alone or in combination with a variety of other treatments available to cure cancer. 

Purpose of Chemotherapy

  • To destroy microscopic cancer cells that may be present after the known tumor is removed by surgery.

  • To cure the cancer without other treatments.

  • To restrict the growth of the tumor when cure is not available.

  • To ease cancer’s signs and symptoms

  • To shrink the tumors before surgery or radiation therapy

Insertion of the Drugs

Broadly, there are three ways to give drugs in the Chemotherapy

  1. Oral- in the form of tablets, liquids or capsules.

  2. Intravenously- in the form of injection.

  3. Topically- usually given onto the skin

Outlook

There are many factors which are considered by an oncologist before deciding the chemotherapy drugs to be used for the patient. Those are mentioned below-

  • Type and Subtype of Cancer 

  • Stage of Cancer

  • Demographic profile of the patient

  • Overall Health and Current medical conditions

  • Types of treatment used in the past to cure the Cancer

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