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Chemotherapy
* Chemotherapies can also wreak havoc on a person's white blood cell count.
* Most chemotherapy causes effects
  - side effects
* Most chemotherapy has effects
  - little effects
* Most chemotherapy has severe effects
* Most chemotherapy is given on set days over a few months
  - through a vein and circulates around the whole body
* Most chemotherapy is used by cancer patients
  - reduces growth
  - saves life
* Some chemotherapy can cause skin irritation, sores, or deeper tissue injury where it was given
  - helps muscular disorder
  - is useful for marine animal injuries
  - kills patients
* acts on cells that divide rapidly, which includes some tumor cells.
* affects all body hair.
* affects any cell that grows rapidly, such as hair cells
* affects both cancer cells and normal cells, so side effects are common
  - normal and tumor cells
  - different people in different ways
  - everyone differently
  - normal as well as cancerous cells
  - other organs of the body such as the kidneys, heart etc
* affects the growth of rapidly reproducing cells
  - rapidly dividing cancer cells
  - tumor cells by stopping their rapid growth or division
  - women in different ways
* also can trigger the area of the brain that controls vomiting
  - has an impact on a woman's quality of life and sexuality
  - results in bone marrow suppression
* are chemicals which kill cancer cells.
* blunt weapon.
* can affect heart tissue
  - hormone levels in both men and women, leading to sexual dysfunction
  - memory
* can affect the kidneys
  - normal rapidly growing cells lining the mouth
* can also affect the blood cells which are important to stop bleeding
  - liver, kidneys, nervous system, heart and lungs
  - reproductive system of premenopausal women
* can also cause long-term side effects such as infertility
  - nausea and vomiting
  - numerous undesirable side effects
  - sterility
  - damage bone marrow
  - help relieve symptoms of advanced cancer
  - improve the survival rates in some instances over radiation therapy alone
  - alter taste sensation so that food seems bitter or totally bland
* can be a challenge for patients and their families
  - frightening thought for cancer patients
  - beneficial in treating metastasis since it systemic treatment
  - toxic to the heart, liver, lungs, nervous system, and other organs
  - very tough on both body and spirit
  - bring major changes to a person's life
* can cause hair loss all over the body
  - increased risk of infection, nausea or vomiting, and hair loss
* can cause many side effects, including stomach upset, hair loss, and weakness
  - such as stomach upset, hair loss , and weakness
  - nausea, vomiting, fever, diarrhea, hair loss and a loss of immune cells
  - neuropathic pain depending on the type and the dosages utilized
  - numerous side effects, depending in the medication being used
  - pain in several ways
  - the number of neutrophils to decrease
  - unpleasant side effects
  - various kinds of distress such as hair loss, nausea, and other discomforts
  - cure certain forms of cancer
* can damage normal cells as well as cancer cells
  - testicular function and cause infertility
  - either temporarily or permanently alter sexual and reproductive function
  - extend the lives of women with advanced ovarian cancer
* can have a number of side effects, including nausea, vomiting, fatigue and hair loss
  - profound effect on the senses of taste and smell
  - few or many side effects, depending on the regimen and the individual
  - side effects which vary according to the particular drugs used
  - some side effects
  - the same effect on a patients stomach as it does on the mouth
  - improve survival and cure rates in a variety of astrocytoma
  - induce anemia, which low blood count
  - kill or it can give the patient some extra time
  - later lead to heart problems, as well as kidney and hearing problems
* can lead to hair loss, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea
  - heart, kidney, and hearing problems after treatment is finished
  - remission in most cases
  - permanently destroy a patient's ability to produce sperm
  - save lives, but it comes with some unpleasant side effects
  - shrink some tumors, but it also fails to increase survival rates
  - take it's toll on the entire body, even the healthy tissues
  - weaken the immune system, often reducing the blood's ability to clot
* causes acute complications that usually heal after treatment ends
  - episodes
  - many fun side effects
  - other side effects in children, depending on the child s age
  - so many side effects for the patient
  - ulceration of the mouth and facilitates opportunistic infections
* comes with side effects.
* commonly causes the menstrual cycles to become irregular or cease.
* destroys cancer cells with drugs.
* does have an effect on a patients dietary intake.
* encompasses a group of drugs which have anti-cancer properties.
* following surgery can slow growth of lung tumors and improve life expectancy.
* generally targets rapidly dividing cells.
* given after an operation is called adjuvant chemotherapy
  - directly into the bladder is called intravesical chemotherapy
  - no role
* has side effects particularly nausea, vomiting and hair loss
  - very widespread uses in the treatment of today s cancer patients
* helps patients with advanced non-small cell carcinoma of the lung
  - people live longer
* induces regression of brain metastases in breast carcinoma
  - transient sex chromosomal and auto-somal aneuploidy in human sperm
* interferes with fast-growing cancer cells, but it also affects some healthy cells.
* introduces drugs into the body via pill or needle injection.
* involves a combination of medications given by mouth or through the veins
  - administering powerful drugs to kill cancer cells
  - medications that kill cancer cells
* involves the administration of drugs to eliminate cancer cells within the body
  - one or more chemical agents, known as anti-cancer drugs
  - use of chemical or hormonal agents that act throughout the body
* involves the use of drugs to eliminate cancer cells
  - powerful medications to treat cancer
* is an adjuvant therapy for breast cancer
  - option only for occasional malignant lesions
  - another treatment modality that is available for pets with cancer
  - classified depending of the way the drug is delivered
  - considered as the most efficient anti-metastatic treatment modality
  - designed to destroy cancer cells, which it does, but it also destroys healthy cells
* is designed to kill cancer cells
  - the cells that divide the fastest
* is effective against some types of leukemia in children
  - when it stops abnormal cells from going through the cell cycle
* is given after surgery
  - as a course of treatment, which usually lasts a few days
* is given by mouth or by injection into a blood vessel
  - pill or injection into a vein, an artery or the cerebral spinal fluid
  - either by mouth or by injection into a vein or muscle
* is given in cycles - for example, a dose every three to four weeks
  - measured doses
  - tablets, via an intravenous line or occasionally through a spinal tap
  - the hope of killing the cancer cells
  - intervenously every three to four weeks as tolerated for at least six cycles
  - several times during the course of radiation treatment
  - in itself, carcinogenic
  - likely to affect the mouth and teeth to some degree
  - limited by the already depressed immune system
* is medicine that treats cancer
  - that's injected into the body to kill cancer cells
  - minimally effective in recurrent melanoma
  - most often the cause of young cancer patients losing their hair
* is much easier to tolerate today than even a few years ago
  - more effective for some types of tumor growth than for others
  - notorious for causing nausea and vomiting
* is often an adjuvant therapy to mastectomy
  - mixed with surgery, radiation or both in an individual's treatment plan
  - the treatment of choice and is curative in some cancers
* is one common treatment for cancer
  - of the main ways of treating cancer
  - type of treatment for ovarian cancer
  - only occasionally beneficial, and the prognosis remains poor
  - potentially most useful for cancers that have spread to distant parts of the body
  - prescribed to diminish tumor mass, and increase survival
  - really best for treating cancers that are very small
  - required for the more aggressive or higher grade tumors
  - resumed when there tumor relapse
  - rightly in the realm of science
  - similar to radiation
  - sometimes combined with immunotherapy
* is systemic therapy
  - treatment which means it goes throughout the whole body
  - taken either as a pill, via injection or intravenously
  - technically therapy by the use of chemicals
* is the administration of drugs for cancer treatment
  - main form of treatment
* is the main treatment for metastatic cancer
  - small cell lung cancer
  - type of treatment and sometimes radiotherapy is used as well
* is the mainstay of treatment in metastatic cases
* is the most common treatment of all stages of small cell lung cancer
  - treatment-related cause of nausea and vomiting
  - effective method of treating leukemia
* is the primary treatment for multiple myeloma
  - weapon doctors use to kill cancerous cell growth
  - same as for nonmetastatic gestational trophoblastic tumor
  - standard treatment to destroy or control myeloma cells
* is the treatment of cancer using drugs
  - with drugs that can kill cancer cells
* is the treatment of choice and control can be achieved for a period of time
  - of persistent gestational trophoblastic disease
  - disease with drugs
  - tumors by means of chemicals
  - use of Anti-cancer drugs to relieve and shrink tumors
* is the use of anti-cancer drugs given intravenously or taken by mouth
  - to destroy tumors
  - to fight the disease
  - to treat cancerous cells
* is the use of anticancer drugs to kill cancer cells throughout the body
  - drugs that are effective against cancer cells
* is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors
  - kill cells that divide rapidly
  - kill the tumor cells by inhibiting their ability to replicate
  - treat cancer throughout the body
  - try and kill cancer cells
* is the use of medications and drugs which are known to kill cancer cells
  - medicines and drugs to treat cancer
  - powerful chemicals to kill the cancer
  - powerful, anti-cancer drugs to kill cancer cells
  - usual treatment for small cell lung cancer
  - tough on the body
* is treatment of cancer with strong chemicals
  - with anti-cancer drugs
* is treatment with drugs that have their greatest effect on rapidly dividing cells
  - used as a treatment for patients with metastatic melanoma
* is used for a few specific types of brain tumors
  - all stages of small cell lung cancer with or without radiation therapy
  - distant disease control
  - most types of chronic leukemia
  - if the entire body is at risk
  - mostly for the treatment of advanced thyroid cancer
  - treat cancer systemically
  - when the cancer has spread to other parts of the body
* is usually the first type of treatment given
  - next step after surgery
* is very effective in the cure of gestational trophoblastic tumors
  - expensive and extremely painful
  - toxic, and suppresses the immune system
  - well known for causing nausea and vomiting
* kills RBCs and lessens the bone marrow's ability to make more
  - all cells on contact, even healthy cells
  - both cancer and healthy cells
* kills cancer cells and good healthy living cells
  - at the original site, in the lymph nodes, and throughout the body
  - through the use of drugs or hormones
  - undergoing rapid division
  - fast dividing cancer cells
  - off rapidly dividing cells
* knocks out cancer.
* means treatment with anti-cancer drugs.
* medication that can help fight cancer
  - used to help keep breast cancer from returning
* often causes nausea and vomiting
  - the person to lose their appetite
  - consists of a combination of drugs that work together to kill cancer cells
  - follows surgery
  - is effective at destroying leukemia cells that are circulating in the body
  - lasts a year or more
  - makes for incredibly sensitive olfactory senses
* poison to the human body and some people are more sensitive to it than others.
* reaches into all parts of the body to destroy remaining cancer cells.
* refers to drugs used in the treatment of cancers
  - medication given, usually intravenously, to destroy cancer cells
  - medications that can kill or control cancer
* remains one of the main treatment options for cancer.
* represents another form of cytolytic therapy.
* second choice for treatment of cancer.
* simply means treating disease with medication.
* slows the progression of multiple myeloma by killing the abnormal plasma cells.
* sometimes is given after surgery to try to prevent the disease from spreading.
* systemic therapy, and is able to affect cancer cells throughout the body
  - type of cancer treatment
* targets the breast cancer cells
  - parasites
* tends to be more effective against fast-growing tumors.
* tos control cancer.
* treatment that uses drugs to kill the cancer cells
  - which uses anti-cancer drugs to destroy cancer cells
* type of generalized treatment, which means that it affects all areas of the body
  - systemic treatment, which means that it affects all areas of the body
* uses a combination of drugs to kill the cancer cells
  - variety of anti-cancer drugs that keep the malignant cells from multiplying
  - anti-cancer drugs to slow the growth or kill cells that quickly multiply
* uses anticancer drugs to kill the cancer cells
  - medication to destroy cancer cells
  - different chemicals to kill or prevent further growth of cancer cells
* uses drugs that travel through the body to kill cancer cells
  - to get rid of cancer cells
* uses drugs to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors
  - extra blood cells in the body
* uses drugs to kill the cancer cells and is taken orally or hypodermically
  - treat disease
  - medications to kill cancer cells
  - poisonous drugs to kill cells
* uses powerful drugs that attack cancer cells
  - special drugs to kill cancer cells
  - strong drugs to kill cancer cells
  - toxic drugs to slow or reverse the spread of the disease in advanced cases
* utilizes toxic drugs to kill cancer cells.
* word that creates an instant emotional response in everyone
  - used to describe a variety of drugs which can inhibit or kill cancer cells
* works against cancer because it attacks cells that are rapidly dividing
  - best on cells that grow and divide quickly
  - directly on tumor cells which mutate easily
  - mainly on rapidly dividing cancer cells
  - on cells that are dividing
  - well in killing cancer cells, but it also kills the healthy cells
* wrecks the immune system.