One of the most common causes of death from cancer for both men and women is Lung cancer. It occurs most commonly between the ages of 45 and 70. Lung cancer is more common in women now than in the past because more women are smoking cigarettes. Lung cancer that originates in the cells of [...]
There are variety of care settings wherein chemotherapy is administered. Most of the cancer patients receive systemic chemotherapy in an ambulatory care setting or in a day care unit designed to care for patients requiring lengthy infusions. Admission in Hospital is reserved for patients who require intensive monitoring or are acutely ill. The shift to [...]
Chemotherapy treatment is used as the primary treatment for colon cancer, or as adjuvant therapy along with surgery and radiation treatment. The course of chemotherapy treatment used will depend on the stage of the cancer, the health of the patient, and the doctor’s preferences. One or more of drugs are used under Chemotherapy treatment to [...]
Hair loss due to due to chemotherapy is one of the most distressing side effects of chemo treatments. As chemotherapy treatment affects all the cells of the body and thus hair loss happens. The lining of the mouth, stomach, and the hair follicles are especially sensitive because those cells multiply rapidly just like the cancer [...]
Some of the commonly used chemotherapy drugs are: Actinomycin D, Adriamycin, Alkeran, Ara-C, Avastin, BiCNU, Busulfan, Carboplatinum, CCNU, Cisplatinum, Cytoxan, Daunorubicin, DTIC, 5-FU, Fludarabine, Gemcitabine, Herceptin, Hydrea, Idarubicin, Ifosfamide, Irinotecan, Leustatin, 6-MP, Methotrexate, Mithramycin, Mitomycin, Mitoxantrone, Navelbine, Nitrogen Mustard, Rituxan, 6-TG, Taxol, Taxotere, Topotecan, Velban, Vincristine and VP-16. Chemotherapy drugs are divided into several groups [...]
Colon cancer usually starts as small growths on the inside of the colon called polyps. It takes several years that these polyps to grow large enough to be seen during a routine colonoscopy and then it takes several more years for those polyps to become cancerous. The reason for colon cancer is unknown, but there [...]
Cancer cells quickly adapt to toxic environments, they readily alter themselves to assure their continued survival, and they utilize biologic mechanisms to promote cellular immortality. These factors make cancer an extremely difficult disease to treat. Chemotherapy drugs have a high rate of failure because they usually kill only specific types of cancer cells within a [...]
Chemotherapy can cause different side effects to different people due to different administration of different drugs and the dosage of drugs. A particular drug may not be suited to some people but the same drug may be useful for some others. A lot depends on finding the right dose that will be effective against the [...]
Use of anti-cancer drugs to kill cancer cells is referred as Chemotherapy. The doctor who determines the drugs and the dosage is known as a medical oncologist. Chemotherapy can be used for three major purposes: Adjuvant therapy: The goal is to prevent or postpone cancer from coming back after the initial surgery and radiation. Even [...]
Some types of cancer are cured by Chemotherapy treatment. Some general information is given here, about chemotherapy. Cancer refers to cancer, leukemia and lymphoma. Sometimes chemotherapy is used to treat non-cancerous conditions but often the doses are lower and the side effects may be reduced. There are over 200 different types of cancer and over [...]