Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with an antineoplastic drug or with a combination of such drugs into a standardized treatment regimen . The most common chemotherapy agents act by killing cells that divide rapidly, one of the main properties of most cancer cells. This means that chemotherapy also harms cells that divide rapidly under normal circumstances: cells in the bone marrow , digestive tract , and hair follicles . This results in the most common side-effects of chemotherapy: myelosuppression (decreased production of blood cells, hence also immunosuppression ), mucositis (inflammation of the lining of the digestive tract), and alopecia (hair loss). Newer anticancer drugs act directly against abnormal proteins in cancer cells; this is termed targeted therapy and, in the technical sense, is not chemotherapy.
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Can you tell me if a person ages more than you really after chemotherapy?
i've been on chemotherapy for 22 months, 6 cycles cisplatin/erbitux and now just erbitux on weekly basis. not til after coming off cisplatin for a few months did my bilirubin levels start flucuating but now it's all over the place going as high...
I had an anti-nausea patch on for 24 hours after surgery. My pupils dialated severely and I took it off and called the dr. The surgeon said it could take 'hours' to undialate my eyes after patch removal. It's now...
I am seeking your esteemed help and advise on treatment of my mother Smt XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX Age 67. In regards, at first I would wish to give you a brief history about her ailment and past medical record. She has...
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This is Regarding my Mother. She earlier had Plasmacytoma which progressed to Multiple Myeloma. I have asked questions and uploaded reports earlier and Dr. Indranil replied with his advice which guided us...
My sister has been diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer, stage 3B, she has received chemo and radiation therapy and is now resting/recovering from the treatment. Her scan does not show improvement after the therapy; however, the extremity...
my dad is suffering lever, gallbladder, and lung cancer since sept 2011, he is 58 yrs, weight 50 kg, there is no benefits from chemotherapy (Kamala Neheru Memorial hospital Allahabad), now he is very weak, there is ascites fluid as well, doctors...
My father is suffering from lung cancer, stage 4 as it is metastasized to brain.
The EGFR report states that mutation L858R was observed in exon 21.
- Can we start with tablets in this case, instead of chemo...
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My Mom have metastatic breast CA
HER-2 Negative PR++ ER+++
she got hormonal therapy tamoxifen faslodex
and now the Dr said she need to take chemotherapy
my question to you what is the best chemotherapy for her case and if there...
Hi, I am a 35 year old unmarried girl & also sexually inactive. I have been detected with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Grade II of Modified Bloom Richardson Variety. 5 out of 24 lymph nodes extracted show metastatic carcinoma. My very good doc has...
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User : my girlfriend is 10 weeks pregnant and has a tempature of 100.6 wat should we do?
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User : hi, my frnd is having a cancer in heart, his cancer was terminated last year by a operation. but it has re grown, his cancer infection is spread to his bones and nerves and liver and liungs. chemo...
User : My mother is currently 5 years in remmission after battling with Diffuse large B cell lymphoma. After her most recent PET Scan her findings are the following: " The FDG Pet images demonstrate moderate abnormal FDG activity associated with...
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User : i chat with you yesterday regarding my mother's cancer
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User : i want to know about my father
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User : he has liver cancer
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User : 66 yrs., retired, 5'6 & 72 kg.
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A few months back I had a night of drinking and doing come the following night I was making dinner and out of nowhere felt nausea lost my hearing temporarily, then passed out. I was out for about 30 seconds, when I came to, my arms and hands were numb and stiff, and I was pouring sweat. This was a very scary experience for my boyfriend and I....
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Hello doctor...im 18 and half years of age...and im pregnant by 40 days....can i use the mtp kit without any consultation ? can you give me the possible dangers and side effects of the drug ? i dnt want my parents to find out....so would prefer a safe way of aborting as im not married....please help me...
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what is the extra cartilege on the end of the sternum called. Doctor spelled it for me. Started with a ph and ended oid, but can t remember what it was. I thought I had cancer . thanks
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Heloo. I have a proplem, not me, my mum. She has cancer, and she did 4 sessions of chemotherapy, and everything went well, but now she has 2 days since she is feeling bad. Nobody can know why, or what she has. What she feels( she spew, she can t get out of bed, always felt that she is going to faint, but she has also passed, she can t eat, she...
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Hello im with a guy who has colan cancer the doctors said he might not be able to have kids im just wondering if there is a chance that i could ever get pregnant from him ?
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i know a baby can make a person receiving chemotherapy sick after getting their baby shots but my question is can a person receiving chemotherapy make a baby sick
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hello my grandfather, aged 86, was diagnosed with adeno carcinoma of stomach - grade III, 2 months back.He is undergoing oral chemotherapy . Recently he passed black stool. Is this serious? If so what does this mean?
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hsb-ag positive cut off -0.08 test rate-3.14 is it curable ? how dangerous now?
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My mother 54 yrs of age,is suffering from Non- Hodgkins Lymphoma on terminal illeum and operation done on exploratory laparotomy with resection of terminal illeial mass with mesenteric lymph node on 20.10.11 at AMRI Hospital Kolkata by Dr.Subhankar Deb,Onco- Surgeon ,Kolkata and further received 06 cycle of Chemotherapy (Inj Graniset 6mg + Inj...
My wife (30yr old) has completed three rounds of Chemotherapy between August and November last year with induction chemo bringing with it remission. She has not had a BMT or SCT. Lately she has been very fatigued and has stomach and bone pain . She had her period last week and thought that it had stopped three day ago. We had intercourse last...
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