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Chemotherapy, in its most general sense, refers to treatment of disease by chemicals that kill cells, specifically those of micro-organisms or cancer. In popular usage, it will usually refer to antineoplastic drugs used to treat cancer or the combination of these drugs into a standardized treatment regimen.... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
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Cancer, Breast cancer

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loss, damage, ulcers, anemia, immunodeficiency, AML, mucositis, sores, pancytopenia, scleroderma, CINV, form, failure, myelosuppression, Haze, promise, drugs, vomit, nausea and miscarry.

chemotherapy causes loss

Hair removal Many forms of cancer require chemotherapy, which often causes severe and irregular hair loss.

Adverse drug reaction Hair loss and anemia may be caused by chemotherapy against cancer, leukemia, etc.

Adverse effect (medicine) Hair loss and anemia may be caused by chemotherapy against cancer, leukemia, etc.

Fred W. Hunt The chemotherapy caused a temporary loss of feeling in his hands and skewed his perception of color.

chemotherapy causes damage

Brain damage Chemotherapy can cause brain damage to the neural stem cells and oligodendrocyte cells that produce myelin.

Spirulina (dietary supplement) Spirulina helps prevent heart damage caused by chemotherapy using Doxorubicin, without interfering with its anti-tumor activity.

chemotherapy causes ulcers

Aphthous ulcer Certain types of chemotherapy cause mouth ulcers as a side effect.

Magic mouthwash Typically, magic mouthwashes are prescribed to treat the pain associated with oral ulcers caused by radiation therapy or chemotherapy.

chemotherapy causes anemia

Adverse drug reaction Hair loss and anemia may be caused by chemotherapy against cancer, leukemia, etc.

Adverse effect (medicine) Hair loss and anemia may be caused by chemotherapy against cancer, leukemia, etc.

chemotherapy causes immunodeficiency

Oral ulcer Chemotherapy, HIV, and mononucleosis are all causes of immunodeficiency with which oral ulcers become a common manifestation.

chemotherapy causes AML

Acute myeloid leukemia The rate of therapy-related AML (that is, AML caused by previous chemotherapy) is rising; therapy-related disease currently accounts for about 10–20% of all cases of AML.

chemotherapy causes mucositis

Kepivance Kepivance is used to prevent and treat oral mucositis (mouth sores) caused by high-dose chemotherapy and radiation therapy in leukemia and lymphoma.

chemotherapy causes sores

Kepivance Kepivance is used to prevent and treat oral mucositis (mouth sores) caused by high-dose chemotherapy and radiation therapy in leukemia and lymphoma.

chemotherapy causes pancytopenia

Pancytopenia Chemotherapy for malignancies may also cause pancytopenia, if the drug or drugs used cause bone marrow suppression.

chemotherapy causes scleroderma

Scleroderma Bleomycin (a chemotherapeutic agent) and possibly taxane chemotherapy may cause scleroderma, and occupational exposure to solvents has been linked with an increased risk of systemic sclerosis.

chemotherapy causes CINV

Aprepitant It has also been shown to increases the activity of the 5-HT3 receptor antagonists ondansetron and the corticosteroid dexamethasone, which are also used to prevent CINV caused by chemotherapy.

chemotherapy causes form

Controlled Substances Act Marinol, a synthetic form of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) used to treat nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy, as well as appetite loss caused by AIDS;

chemotherapy causes failure

Premature ovarian failure Chemotherapy and radiation treatments for cancer can sometimes cause ovarian failure.

chemotherapy causes myelosuppression

Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor Chemotherapy can cause myelosuppression and unacceptably low levels of white blood cells, making patients prone to infections and sepsis.

chemotherapy causes Haze

Summer Haze In 2006 Haze appeared in a documentary, produced by porn director Mike South, about her plastic surgery to correct her weight gain and damage to her face, caused by chemotherapy during various bouts of ovarian and cervical cancer since 1998.

chemotherapy causes promise

Bupropion Bupropion also showed promise as a treatment for sexual dysfunction caused by chemotherapy for breast cancer and for orgasmic dysfunction.

chemotherapy causes drugs

Merck & Co. Emend Injection (fosaprepitant dimeglumine) - an intravenous drug for nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy

chemotherapy causes vomit

Chemotherapy Nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy; stomach upset may trigger a strong urge to vomit, or forcefully eliminate what is in the stomach.

chemotherapy causes nausea

Ginger Ginger has been found effective by multiple studies for treating nausea caused by seasickness, morning sickness and chemotherapy, though ginger was not found superior over a placebo for post-operative nausea.

chemotherapy causes miscarry

Ethical aspects of abortion For example, chemotherapy for cancer treatment may cause a miscarriage, and surgical removal of an ectopic pregnancy results in the death of the embryo.

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surgery, resect, Spinner, strategy, Sears, option, Systemic, era, treatments, approach, operate and Intrathecal.

chemotherapy follows surgery

Teratoma For malignant teratomas, usually, surgery is followed by chemotherapy.

Colorectal cancer Therapy is usually through surgery, which in many cases is followed by chemotherapy.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ginsburg was diagnosed with colo-rectal cancer in 1999 and underwent surgery followed by chemotherapy and radiation treatments.

Uterine papillary serous carcinoma If the tumor has spread surgery is cytoreductive followed by radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy.

Uterine clear cell carcinoma If the tumor has spread surgery is cytoreductive followed by radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy.

Breast cancer donations Hormone therapy, chemotherapy, and biologic therapy may also be recommended following surgery.

Breast cancer donations Stage III -- Treatment involves surgery possibly followed by chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and biologic therapy.

chemotherapy follows resect

Anaplastic thyroid cancer In the 18–24% of patients whose tumour seems both confined to the neck and grossly resectable, complete surgical resection followed by adjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy could yield a 75–80% survival at 2 years.

chemotherapy follows Spinner

Spinner Mason The oncologist recommends Spinner undergo surgery to remove his testicle, followed by chemotherapy.

chemotherapy follows strategy

History of cancer chemotherapy James Holland, Emil Freireich, and Emil Frei hypothesized that cancer chemotherapy should follow the strategy of antibiotic therapy for tuberculosis with combinations of drugs, each with a different mechanism of action.

chemotherapy follows Sears

William Sears (physician) According to his website, in 1997, Sears underwent major surgery for colon cancer, followed by radiation therapy and chemotherapy.

chemotherapy follows option

Brain tumor The main treatment option for single metastatic tumors is surgical removal, followed by radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy.

chemotherapy follows Systemic

Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor Pilot Study of Systemic and Intrathecal Chemotherapy followed by Conformal Radiation for Infants with Embryonal Intracranial Central Nervous System Tumors, A Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium Protocol.

chemotherapy follows era

Glen Lake Sanatorium The collapse era was followed by chemotherapy.

chemotherapy follows treatments

Fallopian tube cancer Surgical treatments are typically followed by adjuvant usually platinum-based chemotherapy.

chemotherapy follows approach

Fallopian tube cancer In 1991 it was reported that about half of the patients with advanced stage disease survived 5 years with a surgical approach followed by cisplatinum-based chemotherapy.

chemotherapy follows operate

Jade Goody On 1 September 2008 it was reported that Goody's cancer was "advanced and life-threatening" and that she would be having an operation followed by chemotherapy.

chemotherapy follows Intrathecal

Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor Pilot Study of Systemic and Intrathecal Chemotherapy followed by Conformal Radiation for Infants with Embryonal Intracranial Central Nervous System Tumors, A Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium Protocol.

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cells, divide and growth.

chemotherapy kills cells

Cancer Adjuvant therapy: treatment, either chemotherapy or radiation therapy, given after surgery to kill the remaining cancer cells.

Breast cancer donations Chemotherapy medicines to kill cancer cells Radiation therapy to destroy cancerous tissue Surgery to remove cancerous tissue - a lumpectomy removes the breast lump; mastectomy removes all or part of the breast and possible nearby structures Other treatments:

Cell cycle Radiation or chemotherapy following the debulking procedure kills these cells which have newly entered the cell cycle.

Children's Hospital Boston This allows radiation and chemotherapy to be tailored to kill cancer cells while leaving healthy tissue alone.

Hemopoietic growth factors Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and granulovyte CSF are given to stimulate white blood cell formation in cancer patients who are receiving chemotherapy, which tends to kill their red bone marrow cells as well as the cancer cells.

Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia It is used in this study, however, due to the concern that chemotherapy alone might not be enough to kill dormant JMML cells.

Pseudomyxoma peritonei Heated chemotherapy, or HIPEC, may be infused directly into the abdominal cavity to kill remaining cancerous cells.

John Dick (scientist) Dr. Dick explained, "Most kinds of chemotherapy are designed to kill fast-growing cancer cells.

chemotherapy kills divide

Hair follicle The hair matrix epithelium is one of the fastest growing cell populations in the human body, which is why some forms of chemotherapy that kill dividing cells or radiotherapy may lead to temporary hair loss.

chemotherapy kills growth

Chemoimmunotherapy Chemotherapy uses different drugs to kill or slow the growth of cancer cells; immunotherapy uses treatments to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune system to fight cancer.

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    Chemotherapy

    Chemotherapy, in its most general sense, refers to treatment of disease by chemicals that kill cells, specifically those of micro-organisms or cancer. In popular usage, it will usually refer to antineoplastic drugs used to treat cancer or the combination of these drugs into a standardized treatment regimen.
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    Adjuvant chemotherapy

    Adjuvant chemotherapy is a term used to describe the role of chemotherapy relative to other cancer treatments.
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    Low-dose chemotherapy

    Adam Dicker, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, supports that chemotherapy is often used in the highest possible doses.
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    History of cancer chemotherapy

    This was the first solid tumour to be cured by chemotherapy. ... As is obvious from their origins, the above cancer chemotherapies are essentially poisons.
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    CBV (chemotherapy)

    CBV is usually given in high doses to patients who have relapsed or who have refractory disease and cannot benefit from standard chemotherapy.
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    Chemotherapy regimens

    Chemotherapy regimens are often identified with acronyms, identifying the agents used in combination. Unfortunately, the letters used are not consistent across regimens, and in some cases (for example, "BEACOPP") the same letter is used to represent two different treatments.
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    CMF (chemotherapy)

    Cyclophosphamide Methotrexate Fluorouracil (CMF) is a commonly used regimen of breast cancer chemotherapy.
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    Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

    This chemotherapy is commonly used in cancers that are locally advanced - where an operation is technically planned at a later stage.
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    Breast cancer chemotherapy

    Breast cancer chemotherapy refers to the use of cytotoxic drugs (chemotherapy) in the treatment of breast cancer.
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    Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia

    Unfortunately, chemotherapy also affects normal cells that grow rapidly, such as blood cells in the bone marrow, cells in the hair follicles, or cells in the mouth and intestines.

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