Chemotherapy

Cancer is the second leading cause of deaths in the United States. There are many different types cancer therapies including immunotherapy, chemotherapy, and radiation. There are also many different types of immunotherapy. These include Monoclonal antibodies, non-specific immunotherapies, oncolytic virus therapy, t-cell therapy, and cancer vaccines. In immunotherapy, the therapy uses the body’s immune system to fight the cancer cells. Certain immunotherapies can mark cancer cells so it is easier…

tremendously. I remember wondering how did this happen and I never thought I would be in this position. I was told that chemotherapy was my only option. I was told that there were cells that were going to metastasize if I did not do chemotherapy. After a couple days, I could absorb the idea of possibly having this cancer but still could not wrap my head around the idea of chemotherapy being my only option. For some reason, it just did not make sense to me. They had taken x-rays and my blood as…

Should Chemotherapy Be Used as a Cure Treatment? Do you think chemotherapy is a good cure treatment? Well there are both pros and cons to the situation. Well according to Ron Wilson “ In the study, less than 1% of women who skipped chemotherapy based on a low risk score had a recurrence of cancer beyond the breast five years later, researchers said. Just 1.3% had a recurrence of the original cancer anywhere." But that doesn't necessarily make chemo such a great thing because according to…

“Chemotherapy is brutal. The goal is pretty much to kill everything in your body without killing you,” says Rashida Jones, actress and daughter of a cancer survivor. She is not far off the mark: chemotherapy is a variety of chemical drug treatments designed to slow or kill the quickly dividing cells that make up cancer. Cancer can attack any individual, in any stage of life, in any part of the body. Despite the fact that almost 40% of people will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their…

Chemotherapy Chemotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses drug to destroy cancer cells . There other types of treatments for cancer but chemotherapy works much better . Before using chemotherapy you need to be informed on how they work, how they affect your body, and how it attacks cancer. Chemotherapy works by stopping the growth of cancer cell , which grow and divide quickly . Depending on your type of cancer and how advanced it is , chemotherapy can, one cure cancer - when…

cases, harmful to our bodies. Chemotherapy cancer treatment is destructive to the cancer being treated, but also has nasty side effects including destruction of the body. Additionally, it is expensive to use. Therefor, Chemotherapy should not be used as the first line of defense in cancer treatment. Instead, health care providers should encourage the use of Targeted Therapy. Chemotherapy drugs are made from mustard gas derivatives…

antibody/targeted therapy plus cytotoxic chemotherapy The combination of the medications in the chemo regiment known as RICE, stand for the medications, Rituximab, Ifosfamide, Carboplaten, and Etoposide. -Rituximab: monoclonal antibodies, helping the body’s immune system to destroy the cancer cells. -Ifosfamide: alkylating agent, chemotherapy agent, stopping the cancer cells…

Today, Chemotherapy being one of the main staples of cancer treatment, prolonging life of the patient and even killing of the cancerous cells that caused the ailment in some cases. the drug consists of one or more anticancer drugs and is designed to target the rogue cells that caused the cancerous tumor.The drugs they use are Varied but they include Abiraterone Acetate, Abitrexate (Methotrexate), Abraxane (Paclitaxel Albumin-stabilized Nanoparticle Formulation) ABVD, ABVE ,ABVE-PC,AC Chemo is…

the site of origin. Chemotherapy is a medicine which is used to kill cancer cells by damaging them so they can’t reproduce and spread. Chemotherapy also kills healthy living cells, which causes unwanted side effects such as hair loss, tiredness and pale skin. In this experiment we used MTT Assay to analyse which drug is more effective in killing cancer cells and keeps healthy cells viable. Our interest in this fundamental biomedical question stems from, the use of chemotherapy, and to…

the first thing that would probably come to mind is Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy, often referred to as “chemo” is a form of cancer treatment in which drugs are administered (either through an IV or orally), aiming to halt the division of cancer cells. The division of cancer cells is stopped by drugs that target the mechanisms of the cells which control cell division. But what other treatments are available other than the commonly known chemotherapy treatment? Other treatments include that of…