by Sheri Price
The sores in her mouth and throat were so painful she could barely talk or swallow. It's called mucositis or thrush and it occurs when chemotherapy targets rapidly growing cells such as cancer but can't avoid the other ra...read more
by V. Kumar
Chemotherapy usually refers to treatment of cancer by use of medicines, which selectively destroy the cancer cells. These chemotherapeutic drugs destroy the fast growing abnormal cancer cells, but while destroying them, th...read more
Chemotherapy kills fast growing cancer cells and it also can affect the healthy cells in your body. Chemo targets healthy cells in the lining of your mouth and your intestines. Chemo also inteferes with your bone marrow pr...read more
by Summer Tyme
Chemotherapy is used to kill cancer cells. Malignant tumors are made of cells that don't die as normal healthy cells do. The cancer cells go on living and form tumors that rapidily reproduce themselves. Other cells in the ...read more
by Wendy Pettit
Just hearing the word chemotherapy can send shivers up the strongest of spines. It is a well-known word, feared by many. If a treatment such as chemotherapy can actually save lives, then what makes it so frightening? The a...read more
Side effects from chemotherapy are fatigue, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation, decrease blood cell counts, Anemia low red blood cell count, bleeding or bruising due to low platelet count, muscle and nerve proble...read more
Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer through chemicals i.e. by anti-cancer drugs. In chemotherapy anti-cancer drugs are given to the patient to destroy or control the cancer cells. As for the working of the chemothe...read more
by Carol Gustke
I was diagnosed with Lymphoma five months ago. I noticed a lump on my left leg. At first I dismissed it as some sort of fatty tissue. However, over time it grew larger. Next, another red sore appeared close to it. I made a...read more
Chemotherapy is one of the many ways to treat cancer. Chemotherapy works by killing cancer cells by administering agents into a vein. Unfortunately, chemo drugs not only kills cancer cells but also normal cells. Some peopl...read more
by Shikha
It is hard enough to see a loved one spiraling down an emotional tunnel after being diagnosed with cancer. Then comes the next step of choosing from various options of treatment, some of which are like necessary evils. One...read more
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