All you Need to Know About Chemotherapy

What is chemotherapy?

It is a cancer treatment drugs are administered to the patient to kill and destroy cancer cells.

How chemotherapy is done?

Generally, chemotherapy drugs are administered intravenously; namely, they are injected into the patient's vein. Doctors and researchers continue to try to evaluate and study whether a patient with a particular type of cancer can be granted if the chemotherapy drug is administered directly into the cancer field.

When given chemotherapy drugs?

This process continues until the patient recovers completely. Often, even after the cancer is destroyed, chemotherapy drugs are given until the patient's body can tolerate.

Chemotherapy can be performed anywhere: hospital clinic, in a doctor's office or even at the patient's home.
 
What are the side effects of chemotherapy?

There are several side effects of chemotherapy and most of them depend on the type of drug used and the dose administered.

Chemotherapy drugs work in cancer cells which are rapidly dividing, but also the negotiation affect normal healthy cells of the body, especially those that divide, such as blood cells, hair follicles, buccal mucosa, gastric mucosa.

When blood cells are affected by chemotherapy, with white blood cell count significantly reduces the number of platelets. A patient is then more prone to diseases as the body's defense mechanism is impaired. Some patients suffer from side effects while others free. There are patients who do not have all the side effects of chemotherapy.