Chemotherapy – cancer treatment and side effects

During ovarian cancer chemotherapy, certain side effects occur like anemia from a decrease in the number of red blood cells which results in dizziness, shortness of breath, and fatigue.

Other side effects of ovarian cancer chemotherapy include nausea and vomiting. Ovarian cancer… Continue reading →

Oral chemotherapy is a great way to cancer treatment because it is less stressful being that the patient will have less hospital visits and can still maintain a close relationship with health care professionals. Oral chemotherapy is taking a pill… Continue reading →

Lung cancer chemotherapy can be administered with oral chemotherapy and through radiation, but the preferred method is by way of injections into the blood stream. Depending on doctor’s recommendations, a patient may come and go as an outpatient for treatments… Continue reading →

Being diagnosed with colon cancer qualifies a patient for colon cancer chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill the cancer cells and may be used before and after surgery to destroy cancer cells. Colon cancer chemotherapy may be… Continue reading →

Diagnosing and treating breast cancer have come a long way. Breast cancer chemotherapy coupled with surgery has proven to be an effective way to eradicate breast cancer in some patients. Breast cancer chemotherapy is a systematic treatment of cancer as… Continue reading →