Adjuvant Chemotherapy

IN adjuvant chemotherapy is the additional treatment with drugs to destroy cancer cells that remain after removal of the tumor by surgery. It helps prevent the cancer from returning. This treatment is very effective for the treatment of cancers such as cancer of the testicles, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, etc.

The patient received adjuvant chemotherapy tend to live longer. Patients were suggested adjuvant chemotherapy are considered to have a high risk of cancer recurrence.

For the tumor characteristics of cancer recurrence detection are studied. The need for adjuvant chemotherapy depends on the size of the tumor, the proliferation rate and histology. The best prognosis is good after differentiation of the tumor, because the cells resemble normal cells.
Adjuvant chemotherapy is very important when the cancer is aggressive. For breast cancer, the examination of lymph node degree is very important.

Cancer that spreads to the lymph nodes can easily spread to other parts of the body and indicates the high risk of cancer recurrence. Most women with breast cancer are treated with primary adjuvant chemotherapy. As within six months of surgery of adjuvant chemotherapy is started, preferably so well as the patient's general health is important before going to adjuvant chemotherapy.

The intensity of adjuvant chemotherapy depends on the total number of doses given in one week.
During chemotherapy injections of proteins known as growth factors may be necessary for some patients and these injections help produce blood cells. Chemotherapy gives some long-term effects such as minor omission, loss of hair, drop in blood count, nausea, pain in the mouth, diarrhea, neurological toxicity, weight gain, fatigue, memory loss, hot flashes of menopause, etc. short term.