Uses of chemotherapy
May be given to a tumor that can be treated with surgery, chemotherapy before surgery to try to shrink the cancer and reduce the risk of proliferation. This treatment is called niwadgovant.
Can also be given chemotherapy after surgery in an attempt to kill any cancer cells that were behind her. This type of treatment, called adjuvant therapy, may help delay or prevent cancer is growing again.
Chemotherapy for cancer that cannot be removed with surgery, may be the main treatment (alone or combined with radiotherapy). Chemotherapy may shrink or slow cancer growth, but very unlikely make it go away completely.
How to give chemotherapy
Doctors usually give chemo sessions, with each treatment period followed by a rest …show more content…
In systemic therapy, chemo is injected into a vein. The drug enters the bloodstream, travels throughout the body to reach and destroy cancer cells wherever they are.
The drug can also be placed directly in the chemotherapy area where cancer either intrablurali (directly in the chest) or intrabiritonili (in the abdomen). This is a small catheter (tube) is put through a small cut in the chest or abdominal wall. Chemotherapy drugs due to this method is still absorbed in the blood stream, but the highest concentrations of drugs go straight to where the cancerous cells.
Leading or chemo drug is heated inside, sometimes before they are placed directly in the area of the body (called chemotherapy haibrthirmik), which might help them work better. Sometimes gives this treatment as a single dose in the operating room, right after surgery to remove the cancer. This approach is called chemotherapy hot spot. Most often used to treat cancers peritoneum, in this case it may be called chemotherapy in warm water or HIPC.
Chemotherapy drugs used for mesothelioma
You can use many chemo drugs for treatment of mesothelioma,