Anticancer drugs target cancer by killing fast-growing cells. This is what causes many of the common side effects of chemotherapy, because some of our healthy cells, such as cells in the bone marrow, mouth and hair follicles, also grow and...
Chemotherapy medications are highly toxic drugs that kill cancer cells. In addition to attacking cancer cells, they also attack normal cells because they are unable to differentiate between normal and abnormal cells. Hair roots are also affected...
Chemotherapy drugs can treat a range of cancers, including solid tumors and cancers of the blood. Although different classes of chemotherapy drugs have distinct effects on cancer cells, the drugs generally aim to halt cancer cell proliferation, as...
Chemotherapy targets cancer cells by damaging and killing them. This is done in several different ways depending on the type of chemotherapy used. Though the ultimate goal of chemotherapy is cancer cell death, it also damages and kills normal...
Adriamycin (doxorubicin) and Cytoxan (cyclophosphamide) make up the chemotherapy regimen known as AC. These medications are commonly used together for the treatment of breast cancer. According to the National Cancer Institute, Adriamycin is...
While chemotherapy can be lifesaving it also has side effects, many of which lead to reduced nutritional intake. Cells that divide quickly are targeted and these include those lining the mouth and digestive tract. Mouth sores, nausea and diarrhea...
Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide. Smoking is the major risk factor for a lung cancer. Therefore, quitting smoking reduces your risk for lung cancer dramatically, but it does not eliminate the risk. Besides smoking, there are...
