Get to know important things about cancer chemotherapy!
You must have heard about cancer chemotherapy and might have a lot of queries about this treatment option. The word ‘chemotherapy’ is commonly used for medicines and drugs to treat any infectious disease. However, this term is commonly associated with cancer treatment. Chemotherapy is widely used for controlling cancer, reducing its symptoms and curing it in some cases. It works by blocking the growth and multiplication of cancer cells in the body, thus avoiding its spread from one specific location to other parts of the body (metastasis). It can also destroy cancer cells which have spread to distant locations. It can either be used as a monotherapy or in combination with other therapies such as surgery, radiotherapy, and hormone therapy. It constitutes: Traditional or standard chemotherapy which uses anticancer drugs to destroy cancer cells Neoadjuvant chemotherapy which is used prior surgery or radiation therapy to shrink cancer cells or tumors Adjuvant chemotherap...