In the past decade, chemotherapy has dramatically improved long-term disease-free survival in various advanced malignancies. Progress can be attributed to (1) higher response rates to combination chemotherapy than to single-agent therapy; (2) the possibility of eradicating subclinical disease by means...
Chemotherapy (also referred to as “chemo”) is a group of medicines used to treat cancer. It differs from surgery and radiation in that it works throughout the body to kill cancer cells, rather than targeting a very specific area. It’s often used as part of a cancer treatment program ...
It might be your only treatment, or you might get it along with surgery or chemotherapy. Radiation itself isn't painful, but afterward, you may have pain, fatigue, and skin rashes around the place you got the treatment. Side effects depend on where your cancer is. For example, if you’...
Cancer therapy describes the treatment of cancer in a patient, often with surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. Targeted therapies are also available for some cancer types. A cancer patient might receive many different types of therapy, including those aimed at relieving the symptoms of cancer,...
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Treatment of cancer is a multimodality approach, with most patients receiving chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, or a combination. It is important to understand thesequelaeand imaging findings of each of the therapies in order to guide in management of the oncologic patient. It is important to know...
Potential Side Effects of ChemotherapyThe side effects a breast cancer patient experiences while undergoing chemotherapy vary significantly depending on several factors, including the types of drugs used, their dosages, and the duration of treatment. This section discusses some of the possible side ...
To overcome the limitations of single therapy, chemotherapy has been studied to be combined with photodynamic therapy. However, nanomedicine combining anticancer drug and photosensitizer still cannot address the insufficiency of drug delivery and the off-targeting effect. To address drug delivery issue, ...
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