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Chemotherapy uses powerful drugs to target and kill rapidly dividing cancer cells. These drugs work by interfering with the cancer cells' ability to grow and reproduce, often by damaging their DNA or disrupting critical cellular processes. While chemotherapy is effective against cancer, it can also affect healthy cells that divide quickly, leading to side effects. The treatment regimen is tailored to the specific type of cancer and the individual patient's needs.
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Treatments that use a combination of chemicals to destroy cancer cells?
Chemotherapy
How is chemotherapy made?
Chemotherapy refers to the use of cytotoxic drugs in cancer treatment.'Chemo' means medicine or 'drug''therapy' means 'treatment'. Chemotherapeutic agents or drugs are 'magic bullets' that destroy the fast-dividing cancer cells. However these drugs are unable to differentiate between the normal cells and the cancer cells and they destroy the former too, in their war against cancer. This leads to certain side effects.
The use of drugs to kill cancer cells?
chemotherapy
Does chemo use radioactive isotope?
Chemotherapy does not typically use radioactive isotopes; it primarily involves the use of chemical agents to kill cancer cells or inhibit their growth. However, a related treatment called radiotherapy does use radioactive isotopes to target and destroy cancer cells. Some treatments, known as radioimmunotherapy, combine chemotherapy with radioactive materials, but these are distinct from standard chemotherapy.
I know chemotherapy uses chemical to treat cancer but are the chemical they use a virus?
No. All chemotherapy drugs are small molecules. None of them use a virus. There are some experimental cancer treatments that use a virus or part of a virus, but those therapies are called "gene therapy" rather than "chemotherapy".
Can't you use ultra violet radiation to destroy cancer cells?
Yes, ultraviolet (UV) radiation is commonly used for disinfection purposes, but it is not typically used to destroy cancer cells. Cancer treatment usually involves targeted therapies like chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery, immunotherapy, or a combination of these approaches, rather than UV radiation. UV radiation can be harmful to healthy cells and tissues, so its use in cancer treatment is limited.
What is the process when radioactive elements can be used to destroy unhealthy cells like cancer cells?
Radiotherapy - the use of ionizing radiation in order to control malignant cancer cells. An alternative you may wish to mention (I am assuming this is for some form of report and not personal use) is chemotherapy, which uses chemicals to do the same thing and is widely used today.
Why are isotopes useful in the treatment of cancer?
Because the radiation is what they can use to not only x-ray people and find out if they have cancer but also to treat them. Chemotherapy and other therapies are just radiation to try to destroy the cancer cells.
How does Chemotherapy work?
Chemotherapy works by stopping or slowing the growth of cancer cells, which can spread and divide quickly. Another way to explain this is to say chemotherapy typically refers to the destruction of cancer cells. However, chemotherapy may also include the use of antibiotics or other medications to treat any illness or infection. Chemotherapy acts by killing cells that divide rapidly, one of the main properties of cancer cells. This means that it also harms cells that divide rapidly under normal circumstances such as hair follicles, thereby resulting in hair loss of some patients.
What is one use of gamma rays?
One use of gamma rays is in cancer treatment, where they can be directed at cancer cells to destroy them.
What Types Of Treatment Are There For Cancer?
There are different types of chemotherapy treatments that exist. One uses antimetabolites to replace DNA building blocks, while another called corticosteroids to slow down the growth of cancer cells.
Is chemotherapy only use for cancer?
No.
