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Chemotherapy means the treatment for a disease by using chemicals in the form of medicines..... Those are adminstrited through intravenously
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What part of your body is used for IP chemotherapy?
Intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy is administered into the abdominal cavity through a catheter or port.
How is chemotherapy administered to a lymphoma patient?
It depends on the type of chemotherapy. My son was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. His protocol called for several different chemo drugs to be administered intravenously. He also takes two types of chemo drugs in a pill form.
How many Chemo treatments are given for rectal cancer at stage four?
Chemotherapy is administered for stage IV disease
What is the cure for chemotherapy?
Chemotherapy is used as a treatment in the fight against cancer. Chemo treatment must be administered conservatively and by fully qualified staff. It can make you very nauteous but anti-emetics usually ease this side effect.
A form of treatment in which drugs destroy cancer cells is called?
The form of treatment in which drugs are used to destroy cancer cells is called chemotherapy. Chemotherapy works by targeting rapidly dividing cells, which include cancer cells. It can be administered orally or intravenously, and it may be used alone or in combination with other cancer treatments such as surgery, radiation therapy, or immunotherapy, depending on the type and stage of cancer.
What health care professionals are involved in a lumpectomy?
Lumpectomy is usually performed by a general surgeon or surgical oncologist. Radiation therapy is administered by a radiation oncologist, and chemotherapy by a medical oncologist.
What type of chemotherapy is usually used for treatment of prostrate cancer?
The decision to treat a patient with prostate cancer with chemotherapy depends on the stage of the cancer. When chemotherapy is used, it is usally in small doses over a long period of time, in order to maximize the effectiveness of the drugs while minimizing negative side effects to the patient. These drugs can be administered through oral pills, or through a machine that injects the medicine into the veins.
When does chemotherapy inhibit cell division?
As I understand it, chemotherapy is a poison which kills cells which are growing. Established cells are not affected by it (much) and so only growing, or dividing cells which I assume take up more of the poison administered to the body of the chemo patient than other cells-a toxic dose. One hopes. Rebecca.
. A cancer treatment that kills unwanted cells with drugs is called?
Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill off cancer cells.Chemotherapy is a cancer treatment where chemicals that are especially toxic to cancer cells are administered to the patient.
A sentence with the word chemotherapy?
my brother has chemotherapy
How can you use chemotherapy in a sentence?
My brother has chemotherapy.
What questions should you ask before accepting a diagnosis of chemotherapy?
Chemotherapy is not a diagnosis. Chemotherapy is a treatment
