How Long Is Chemotherapy Treatment ?

If you want to know how long is chemotherapy treatment, you will be disappointed because it varies from person to person.

Basically the duration of chemotherapy treatment is governed by numerous factors and these include the type of cancer, the extent to which the cancer has spread, the type of drug being given as part of the therapy and the amount of time you will require to recover from the drug. More...

 

Long Term After Effects Of Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy has side effects. There can be long term after effects of chemotherapy or short term. Sometimes it is quite easy to confuse the effects of the drugs given for chemotherapy as symptoms of cancer. Different drugs have different after effects and it is in your best interest to have knowledge about this. More...

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What Causes Hair Loss From Chemotherapy ?

Hair loss is a fact of chemotherapy treatment and nearly all cancer patients suffer from hair loss. Some patients experience hair loss from chemotherapy after the first cycle of treatment but most will usually experience it after the second cycle of chemotherapy. However, doctors still do not know a way to prevent hair loss from chemotherapy. A lot of research is being done and it will be some time before a solution is found. More...

 

Chemotherapy Survival Rates For Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Inflammatory breast cancer is a type of breast cancer where the cancer cells end up blocking the lymph nodes and vessels in the skin of the breast. This is a rare type of cancer and is considered to be very aggressive by the doctors. The cancer is called inflammatory breast cancer because when a woman has this cancer her breasts end up looking red and swollen. More...

 

Herpes Zoster During Chemotherapy

Herpes zoster is also known as shingles. Usually people who have had chicken pox as children are at a risk of contracting herpes zoster. The same virus that causes chicken pox also causes herpes zoster and it is considered to be a re-infection of the varicella zoster virus.More...

 

Laboratory Animals And Chemotherapy Research

When a patient undergoes chemotherapy, he has to tolerate many painful side effects as a result of the drugs given. The therapy ends up damaging not just the cancerous cells but also healthy ones. That is why a lot stress and importance is given to chemotherapy research. More...

 

 

What Is Oxaliplatin Chemotherapy? Oxaliplatin is a chemotherapy drug that is most commonly used to treat cancer of the colon. It can also be used for treatment of other types of cancers. The drug is administered intravenously by means of cannula that is inserted into the patient's vein. The length of the treatment using Oxaliplatin is based on the type of cancer the patient has.More...

Taxol Toxicity And Side Effects Chemotherapy Taxol is a chemotherapy drug that is given different types of cancer like that of the breast, ovary, lung, bladder, prostrate and esophagus. It is also the preferred drug to treat Kaposi's sarcoma. There is no pill form of the drug and that is why Taxol is always given intravenously.More...