Chemotherapy treatment can cause not only short term side effects but also some long term side effects that persist for several months and years later. Tiredness and lack of stamina is one of the long term effects. Radiotherapy to the neck can cause under-active thyroid function sometimes years later, which is characterised by tiredness and [...]
Intrathecal chemotherapy is one way of chemotherapy in spinal canal. Intrathecal chemotherapy is given to treat certain types of cancer. Intrathecal chemotherapy is given by an intralumbar injection. This is when a needle that has chemotherapy in it is put into the spine. Intrathecal chemotherapy can also be given into a ventricle in brain. This [...]
Chemotherapy treatment causes fall out of hair because the drug that is being used to kill the cancer also destroys the delicate cells that are at the base of the hair bulb and are the growing cells of the hair. Hair fall is a necessary evil and without that happening, the cancer cells can not [...]
A specific type of chemotherapy where a specific type of drugs is used to get rid of lymphoma is called Rice Chemotherapy. Different drugs are used in rice chemotherapy that can effectively reduce the anguish of a cancer patient and help him to fight against cancer. Carboplatin, etoposide and ifosfamide are the three major drugs [...]
One of the side effects of chemotherapy treatment is hair loss. Hair loss can be reduced but can not be avoided totally under chemotherapy treatment. There are different ways to cope with this hair loss. Some of cancer patients may be headscarf. Some other patients may decide to wear hat. Wearing hat is the best [...]
Apart from the synthetic drugs, cancer can also be cured by observing a good diet. Curcumin is said to have great cancer curing properties. Curcumin is also called as turmeric and appears yellow in color. Curcumin has been a great field of interest for cancer researchers and it has been proved that in countries where [...]
The prostate, a part of the male reproductive system, is about the same size and shape as a walnut and weighs about an ounce. It is located below the bladder and in front of the rectum, and surrounds the urethra, the tube-like structure that carries urine from the bladder out through the penis. The main [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]