Chemotherapy medications fight cancer by attacking cancer cells and preventing their replication, thus stopping tumor growth. There are many different chemotherapy drugs, but most fall into five main classes. These classifications are based on how...
Many cancer patients choose to undergo medical treatment, and chemotherapy is one of the most popular and effective. Chemotherapy uses various drugs that are administered to the patients orally or intravenously; usually, patients are given a...
The National Cancer Institute reports that cancer that has spread in the body or has returned after previous treatment often responds well to chemotherapy treatment. Disease that has spread, is inoperable or has recurred may be considered...
A patient with neuropathy has damage to one nerve or multiple nerves, resulting in a loss of sensation and problems moving. Certain medication can cause this damage, specifically to the peripheral nerves, which are the nerves outside the spinal...
Chemotherapy, the use of chemical agents in the treatment or control of diseases, plays a pivotal role in the treatment of cancer. Chemotherapy often acts by impairing the division of cells that are rapidly growing and dividing. An oncologist may...
Cancer is a very difficult diagnosis to deal with and patients need to discuss with their doctors what treatment they will undergo. Chemotherapy is a popular option, where the cancer patient receives the drugs either intravenously or orally. The...
According to the World Heath Organization (WHO), cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for more than seven million deaths in 2003 worldwide. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) name it the...
Cytotoxic drugs are powerful chemotherapy medications used to kill cancerous cells. Different types of cytotoxic drugs interfere with varying cellular activities to induce cell death, with most disrupting some aspect of cell replication. If cancer...
Chemotherapy drugs, commonly known as chemo, kill or inhibit cancer cells by exploiting their biological processes. Chemo drug groups include medications that work by a similar mechanism to achieve cancer cell death, also known as tumor kill, or...
Chemotherapy regimens for breast cancer have been given since the 1960s. Combinations of chemotherapy medications are often used together because they increase the chances of cancer cell death. Cells go through various stages and different...
Chemotherapy refers to chemicals used to treat different kinds of cancers. These chemicals work by affecting cell division or synthesis of DNA, thereby making it difficult for the cancer cells to multiply and spread. Chemotherapy targets cancer...
Chemotherapy drugs are used to treat and stop the spread of a variety of cancers and leukemias. They work by killing the cancer cells or by stopping them from dividing and reproducing. Chemotherapy drugs can be administered intravenously (IV),...
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women in the U.S. with an estimated 190,000 new cases and 40,000 deaths per year. It also occurs in men, though much...
The overall goal of chemotherapy drugs is to kill cells that divide abnormally. This is done by disrupting cell processes related to cell division and DNA duplication. Chemotherapeutic agents tend to group together in families based on how they...
