Five years ago, Ralph received a diagnosis of a bone marrow cancer called myelofibrosis. His hematologist/oncologist told us the only cure was a bone marrow transplant from a donor. She started him on infusion chemo the very next week after the diagnosis and set my husband up for an evaluat...
For instance, home infusion therapy is often used for conditions that need longer-term infusion therapy than can be conveniently administered at a hospital. Ongoing chemotherapy or painkillers for cancer-related pain, a nutritional drip for Crohn's disease, or even immune-boosters for immunocomprom...
In the most common scenario, chemotherapy is given as an infusion into a vein, usually by inserting a tube with a needle into a vein in the arm. What are the possible side effects? While this type of treatment is an attempt to prevent cancer from growing and spreading, it is still an...
treatment as an infusion through a vein or as a pill. In most cancer centers, a large majority of patients will get an infusion through a central port in the chest wall, instead of in their arm. Your doctor may use it along with other treatments like surgery, radiation, and hormone ...
It causes stress in your own mind and body as well as in your relationships with friends and family. Cancer treatments can make it hard to do the things you’ve always done as a human being, a parent, or an employee. There’s nothing in your daily existence that cancer doesn’t touch...
Chemotherapy and immunotherapy are two commonly used cancer treatments, but they differ in some key ways. One of the main differences is that chemotherapy uses drugs that destroy cells, including both cancer and healthy cells. Immunotherapy doesn’t directly attack cancer cells but instead helps the...
For patients with cancer, treatment may include combination therapy, including surgery and immunotherapy. Here, we review perioperative considerations for
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A drop in mental sharpness If you have any of these side effects, your doctor may recommend medication,counseling, or both. Research shows that hormone therapy for prostate cancer may lead to problems with short-term memory, language, thinking, and concentration. But these problems are usually ...
SCLC is an aggressive form of cancer because it can grow quickly. When the cancer is first found, it may only be present in one of the two lungs in the chest (limited-stage SCLC). As the disease advances, it may spread to the other lung or to other parts of the body. This is ca...