Here are the basics of what to know about chemotherapy, preventative chemotherapy and the side effects of chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is a common treatment for cancer. Since cancer is a condition ...

Palliative chemotherapy may be used if you have incurable cancer to improve quality of life. Some cancer treatments are curative, while others are palliative. Palliative care relieves symptoms and ...

Chemotherapy uses anti cancer drugs to destroy cancer cells. Sometimes doctors use the word cytotoxic to describe the way chemotherapy works. Cytotoxic means toxic to cells. Some people may have ...

A few parts of Medicare cover chemotherapy and other medications, services, and equipment you may need. Your out-of-pocket costs may depend on your insurance provider and the Medicare parts you ...

Molecular profiling and genetic testing have revolutionised lung cancer treatment, says a doctor. They have enabled targeted ...

Chemotherapy has been known to cause damage to peripheral nerves, and sometimes the pain is chronic and severe enough that chemotherapy doses are reduced or discontinued. But prior research has not ...

An important question is whether perioperative chemotherapy is preferable to preoperative chemoradiotherapy. In this phase 3, multicenter, randomized trial, we assigned in a 1:1 ratio patients ...

Managing maximum tolerated dose (MTD) chemotherapy while minimizing neutropenia relies on precise complete blood count (CBC) monitoring and AI-powered diagnostics.