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Research Notes on Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy, also known as cytotoxic therapy, is the treatment of cancer with drugs that destroy cancer cells. These drugs often are referred to as "anticancer" drugs. Chemotherapy affects all parts of the body, not just cancer cells.1 Anticancer drugs work by stopping the cancer cells from growing and multiplying.2
Fast Facts
- There are many different types of drugs used in chemotherapy. Examples of commonly used drugs include doxorubicin, methotrexate, gemcitabine, and cyclophosphamide.3
- Chemotherapy can be used in different ways. Neoadjuvant therapy is used before surgery to shrink a tumor. Adjuvant therapy is used after surgery to reduce the risk of the tumor returning. Chemotherapy may be used at the start of cancer treatment or as treatment for cancer that has returned.3
- It is administered in three ways; intravenously, orally, and through an injection.4
- Nausea, pain, fatigue, depression, hair loss, and weakness are a few common side effects of chemotherapy.4
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What Are The Uses for Chemotherapy?
- Doctors Lounge: Chemotherapy
- University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenbaum Cancer Center: Chemotherapy
- Joe Arrington Cancer Treatment and Research Center: Understanding Chemotherapy
- Mayo Clinic: Chemotherapy: Drug Treatment Uses Chemicals to Kill Cancer Cells
What Are The Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for Chemotherapy?
- PubMed: Chemotherapy Interactions
- HealthAtoZ: Managing Side Effects of Chemotherapy
- ChemoCare.com: Managing Chemotherapy Side Effects
- Cancer Research UK: General Side Effects of Chemotherapy Drugs
- Childrens Cancer Center: Precautions with Chemotherapy
What are the Alternatives to Chemotherapy?
- Healthwise (via PeaceHealth): Chemotherapy - Alternative Medicine
- The Cancer Cure Foundation: What is Alternative Therapy?
- Alternative Cancer Treatment Center of Southern California: There May Be a More Desirable Way to Treat Your Cancer Than With Conventional Chemotherapy
What are the Holistic Alternatives to Chemotherapy?
- Healing Cancer Naturally: Alternative Cancer Therapy
- Life Therapies: Alternative Cancer Therapies
- Mayo Clinic: Marijuana As Medicine: Consider the Pros and Cons
Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Chemotherapy
- The Cancer Cure Foundation: Actual Cases of Cancer Victors
- CBC News: Alberta Scientists Test Chemotherapy Alternative
- News Target: Non-Patented Chemotherapy Alternative Drug May Provide Cheap Chemical Cure for Cancer
- Cancer Guide: Inspirational Patient Stories
- Yahoo Health: Cancer & Chemotherapy: Personal Stories
- The Cancer Blog: The Cancer Blog
- RevolutionHealth: Chemotherapy and Colorectal Cancer Blog
- My Breast Cancer Blog: Funny How Chemo Does That
- The Cancer Blogs: Love and Chemotherapy
Clinical Trials for Chemotherapy
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Clinical Trials for Chemotherapy
- Centerwatch: Clinical Trials for Chemotherapy
Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Chemotherapy
- CancerCompass: Chemotherapy Message Board Discussions
- ChemoCare.com: Chemotherapy and the Cancer Process Message Board
- Daily Mail: Live Chat For Breast Cancer!
- National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc.: Discussion Chemotherapy
Controversy and Lawsuits about Chemotherapy
- Science American Association for the Advancement of Science: The Continuing Breast Cancer Controversy
- PubMed: Controversy Over High-Dose Chemotherapy
- Bladder Cancer WebCafe: Controversy about Neoadjuvant (pre-op) Chemotherapy Protocol
- Center for Justice and Democracy: Prescription Verification - Patient Prescribed Incorrect Chemotherapy Dosage
- Optimal Diet: Abuse of Chemotherapy
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Chemotherapy
- Oxford Journals: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
- PubMed: Medical Journal Articles on Chemotherapy
- JAMA: Medical Journal Articles on Chemotherapy
- Journal of Clinical Oncology: Discussions Regarding Reproductive Health for Young Women With Breast Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy
Research Notes References
- ↑ UAB Health System: Chemotherapy
- ↑ BreastCareSite: What is Chemotherapy
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cancer Research UK: About Breast Cancer Chemotherapy
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: Chemotherapy
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