Intraoperative Imaging Blog

Normally, cells grow and die in a controlled manner. Cancer cells continue to form out of control. Chemotherapy is treatment with drugs that can halt the growth of these cells. However, it can also damage healthy cells, causing side effects.

It is possible that during chemotherapy has no side effects or have a few. The types of side effects you have depend on the type and dose of chemotherapy you receive. Side effects vary, but the most common are nausea, vomiting, fatigue, pain and hair loss. Healthy cells usually recover after chemotherapy, so most side effects gradually disappear.

The course of treatment depends on the type of cancer, drugs used in chemotherapy, the treatment goals and your body’s response. The treatment can be applied every day, every week or every month. Readmore…

Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill bacteria, viruses, fungi and cancer cells. The term most often refers to drugs to fight cancer and this article focuses on chemotherapy to treat this disease.
Chemotherapy drugs can be administered orally or by injection. Because the drugs travel through the bloodstream throughout the body, chemotherapy is a systemic treatment.

Chemotherapy may be used to:

* Curing cancer
* To prevent the cancer from spreading
* Ease symptoms (when the cancer can not be cured) Readmore…

Treatment
Treatment may be by various techniques such as surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, or hormone therapy or a combination. The age and general health status affected both the extent of the spread, the appearance of the tissues examined and the response to initial treatment are vital in determining the therapeutic outcome.

If the cancer causes no symptoms, it grows slowly and is confined to a small area of the prostate cancer, you should keep a watchful waiting. This type of treatment, when untreated, is reserved for people over 80 years. Because prostate cancer often grows very slowly, if the patient is older or have other serious diseases, there needs to be treated.

Cancer will be observed and monitored. Measurements are normally carried in the blood PSA and digital rectal exam every six months, possibly with ultrasound-guided biopsy annually. If the patient develops any symptoms of cancer grows faster, you have to consider moving to an active treatment. Readmore…