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- Chemotherapy - Mayo Clinic
Chemotherapy drugs are used to treat many types of cancer Learn why it's done, side effects and what to expect during chemotherapy treatment
- Cancer fatigue: Why it occurs and how to cope - Mayo Clinic
Chemotherapy and hair loss: What to expect during treatment Chemotherapy and sex: Is sexual activity OK during treatment? Chemotherapy nausea and vomiting: Prevention is best defense Chemotherapy side effects: A cause of heart disease? Eating during cancer treatment: Tips to make food tastier Infographic: Cancer Clinical Trials Offer Many Benefits
- Chemotherapy for breast cancer - Mayo Clinic
Learn how doctors use this drug treatment to kill rapidly growing breast cancer cells Find out about chemotherapy side effects and what you can expect
- Adjuvant therapy: Treatment to keep cancer from returning
Types of cancer treatment used as adjuvant therapy include: Chemotherapy Chemotherapy treats cancer with strong medicines Many chemotherapy medicines exist Most are given through a vein Some come in pill form Hormone therapy Some types of cancer are fueled by the body's hormones Examples include breast cancer and prostate cancer
- Chemotherapy and hair loss: What to expect during treatment
Get an idea of what to expect during chemotherapy so you can plan ahead for head coverings or treatments to reduce hair loss
- Lymphoma - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
Chemotherapy also may be combined with immunotherapy or other medicines Chemotherapy may be an option when other treatments haven't worked, known as refractory lymphoma, or for cancer that comes back after treatment, called relapsed lymphoma
- Temozolomide (oral route) - Side effects dosage - Mayo Clinic
Description Temozolomide is used to treat specific types of brain cancer (eg, glioblastoma multiforme, anaplastic astrocytoma) in patients whose tumors have returned or whose tumors have just been diagnosed It belongs to the group of medicines known as antineoplastics (cancer medicines) Temozolomide interferes with the growth of cancer cells, which are then destroyed by the body Since the
- Irinotecan (intravenous route) - Side effects uses
Description Irinotecan injection is given together with other medicines (eg, 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin) to treat patients with metastatic cancer (a cancer that has already spread) of the colon or rectum This medicine is also given to patients with metastatic cancer of the colon or rectum who have received fluorouracil but disease has progressed or recurred Irinotecan belongs to the group of
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