The side effects of chemotherapy 10 Articles

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

by Nurse Donna RN

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

by Victoria Dame

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

by Surajit Panda

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

by Andrea Simmons

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