Chemotherapy

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Chemotherapy

What is Chemotherapy?

Chemotherapy (also called chemo) is a type of cancer treatment that uses drugs to destroy cancer cells.

How Chemotherapy works?

Chemotherapy works by stopping or slowing the growth of cancer cells, which grow and divide quickly. But it can also harm healthy cells that divide quickly, such as those that line your mouth and intestines or cause your hair to grow. Damage to healthy cells may cause side effects. Often, side effects get better or go away after chemotherapy is over.

What Chemotherapy does?

Depending on your type of cancer and how advanced it is, chemotherapy can:

  • Cure cancer -

When chemotherapy destroys cancer cells to the point that your doctor can no longer detect them in your body and they will not grow back.

  • Control cancer -

When chemotherapy keeps cancer from spreading, slows its growth, or destroys cancer cells that have spread to other parts of your body.

  • Ease cancer symptoms - (also called palliative care) -

When chemotherapy shrinks tumors that are causing pain or pressure.

Why Chemotherapy is used?

Make a tumor smaller before surgery or radiation therapy. This is called neo-adjuvant chemotherapy.
Destroy cancer cells that may remain after surgery or radiation therapy. This is called adjuvant chemotherapy.  

Help radiation therapy and biological therapy work better:
Destroy cancer cells that have come back (recurrent cancer) or spread to other parts of your body (metastatic cancer). 

How Chemotherapy is given?


  • Injection -

The chemotherapy is given by a shot in a muscle in your arm, thigh, or hip or right under the skin in the fatty part of your arm, leg, or belly.

  • Intra-arterial (IA) -

The chemotherapy goes directly into the artery that is feeding the cancer.

  • Intraperitoneal (IP) -

The chemotherapy goes directly into the peritoneal cavity (the area that contains organs such as your intestines, stomach, liver, and ovaries).

  • Intravenous (IV) -

The chemotherapy goes directly into a vein.

  • Topically -

The chemotherapy comes in a cream that you rub onto your skin.

  • Orally - 

The chemotherapy comes in pills, capsules, or liquids that you swallow.

Top Medical Oncologists in India are as follows:

  

1. Dr. Chandragouda Dodagoudar, Consultant - Medical Oncology, BLK Super Speciality Hospital, Pusa Road, New Delhi - 110005, India.
  • He is an expert in medical oncology and having a rich experience of 17 years in this field.

 
2. Dr. Chandragouda Dodagoudar, Consultant - Medical Oncology, BLK Super Speciality Hospital, Pusa Road, New Delhi - 110005, India.
  • He is an expert in medical oncology and having a rich experience of 17 years in this field.
 
 
3. Dr. Peush Bajpai, Consultant, Medical Oncology, Manipal Hospitals, Sector - 6, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110075, India.
  •  He is an expert in medical oncology and having rich experience in this field. 



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