Chemotherapy – cancer treatment and side effects

Chemotherapy is a process of using various drugs to treat the cancer. One of the treatments used is called R-ICE Chemotherapy. This process includes using Ifosfamide in a 4,000 mg dosage for one day, with Mesna in an 800… Continue reading →

ICE chemotherapy is a treatment used for non-Hodgkin-lymphoma. The name is derived from the drugs used in this particular type of chemotherapy. The drugs are Ifosfamide, Cisplatin, and Etoposide. The ICE chemotherapy is performed at the hospital… Continue reading →

One of the treatments for breast cancer is called CMF chemotherapy. The name is derived from the drugs used in the treatment, which are cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil also called 5FU. CMF chemotherapy is an outpatient… Continue reading →

AC chemotherapy is a type of chemotherapy that’s usually selected for breast cancer treatment . The name is derived from the drugs used in the process. Adriamycin (now called doxorubicin) and cyclophosphamide are the two drugs used in this process.… Continue reading →

ABCD chemotherapy is another name for the drugs used to treat cancer. The drugs used are Adriamycin now called doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine. The process used for this type of chemotherapy is outpatient yet this… Continue reading →

Prostate cancer is serious and it develops in the male reproductive system or prostate gland. The most common treatment for this type of cancer is chemotherapy. The prostate is part of the male reproductive organ which makes and stores seminal… Continue reading →

Treating leukemia with chemotherapy

Leukemia is a cancer of the bone marrow and blood characterized by an abnormal replication of white blood cells or leukocytes. The term Leukemia covers a broad spectrum of diseases. Almost all types of this condition… Continue reading →

What is Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is a type of chemotherapy prescribed to patients in order to shrink a cancer prior to surgery. Chemotherapy is actually a term which covers a wide variety of chemical treatments used to curb the… Continue reading →

What is Lymphoma Chemotherapy

Lymphoma comes about when a type of white blood cell called a lymphocyte undergoes a change and begins to multiply crowding out normal cells. This creates tumors that enlarge the lymph nodes.

Lymphoma is often discovered… Continue reading →

Adjuvant chemotherapy

Adjuvant chemotherapy is one of the cancer treatment strategies to eliminate distant micro metastases that take place beyond the primary tumor site. Over the years adjuvant chemotherapy improved to the extent where cancer patients have benefited from it… Continue reading →